Artist Biography:
Michelle Williams is an American artist born January, 1952 . She currently resides in Wilmette, Illinois & Palm Beach, Florida. She is a fiber artist that has worked in various mediums including weaving, embroidery, crochet, basketry, paper making, felting, book making and eventually beading. Currently she is working with beaded sculptures as a mixed media artist,
She has a BA in art/ education and a MED.She is mostly self taught. She has taken a variety of workshops with noted artists.
Her work reflects an ongoing inner dialogue with herself and her materials. She is attracted to the reflective qualities of the glass beads, the interaction of materials and the historical implications of the materials. Due to the nature and slow process of beading there is much time during the art making process to reflect and let feelings surface. As a result of her process She is interested in the layers that compose each of us. Thus there are many layers within the sculptures.
Artist Statement:
I come from a fiber arts background, working in weaving, embroidery, basketry, felting, fabric manipulation and beading. I have a BA in art/ education, am mostly self taught & have taken workshops. My work reflects an ongoing inner dialogue with myself, materials. I am attracted to the reflective qualities of the glass beads, the interaction of materials and the historical implications of the materials. Due to the nature and slow process of beading there is much time to reflect and let feelings surface. I am interested in the layers that compose each of us resulting in many layers within my sculptures.Each sculpture is thickly encrusted with beads and has a quartz crystal creating powerful energy for the viewer. My concern with all our discarded waste led me to collect all types of bottle tops. I build sculptures with the bottle tops that are thickly encrusted with beads. My work is in private collections, featured in several books and I have received numerous awards.
