What is your name and where are you from?
My name is Adrienne Szabo and I am originally from Croatia and living in New York, USA.
I've been beading now for the past 7 years.
I am a member of the Suffolk County Homemakers for the past
26 years. As a member I volunteered teaching crafts. My passion was always
angels and I made angels out of silk flowers and clay pots, etc. I also joined
Society of Decorative Painters and I am a member of D.A.L.I. (Decorative
artists of Longs Island) for the past ten years.
When did you decide to work in
this particular (beading) media?
After resigning with Michaels Arts and Crafts as a floral
designer in 2007, I started beading while I was deciding where my life journey
was gonna take me. I prayed for something creative and I heard of Bead store
opening up in Long Island New York and got hired in July 2010 to teach
classes and then a couple of months later started working at the
shop part time.
What made you decide to?
Handling beads and gemstones and crystals become my love instantly.
I was able to see myself designing and the need to teach others is my great joy.
Bead Kumihimo became one of my best techniques and passions.
How rewarding has it been so far?
I would say
very rewarding, not in money but in great satisfaction to see my students
accomplish making a piece of jewelry they thought they couldn't do and the
process is very relaxing and most of the students that come, struggle
with life situations and found our classes to be so therapeutic. Kumihimo is
most definite meditative technique of all.
What is your specialty? (What
materials, stitches, techniques etc) do you feel you have mastered so far?
I do Bead Weaving (Intermediate beader), stringing,
knotting, love wire work, but Bead Kumihimo became my love forever.
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Are you primarily into beading
or do you attempt mixed media (using beads and other materials like leather,
fabrics or sculptures etc?)
Right now I am primarily into beading, but I do attend our
monthly painting club meetings and get to paint a little at the meeting.
Have you ever participated in
any major projects or contests before?
This is my first time participating in a project like
this. Beading became my primary vocation. I work for Crystal
Garden Designs NY where I teach jewelry making classes. http://www.crystalgardenny.com
If you do sell your work, where
can an interested client find your work to buy? And if you don’t sell your
work, will you be interested in showing your creation anyway?
My Etsy shop is empty at a moment, buy planning to have some
of my designs available for sale. You can find me at http://www.angelsbythesea1127.etsy.com
Why did you agree to
participate in the FOE 13 project?
The minute I saw that this project is going to be for
charity, I knew I had to participate. I only did little bit of bead embroidery,
but wanted to to contribute anyway. I had no idea I was up against these
amazing designers here online.
Tell us more about yourself –
anything at all that you are comfortable sharing. We all want to know our
favourite artists as intimately as they would let us know them and you are no
exception.
I also love to crochet and sew and learned some of the
knitting, but prepping for teaching classes takes a lot of my time so I have a
lot of projects on hold. Making jewelry comes first.
Well folks, It was a pleasure for me to get to know Adrienne better and I hope it was the same for you all too. I shall be sharing some of the amazing works of this talented lady in the coming days and I assure you, you wouldn't want to miss it, so do drop by again soon and see what we have got and brace yourself for the big reveal of this awesome project. Until next time, have a blessed day you all.
