Nana Iro (7 Colors) (2007)
Wool yarn hand-braided into rope.
6˝”
H x 7” W x 6” D
Handweavers Guild of America's
River of Grass 2008 Exhibition
My work has received the following honors and/or will appear in the following exhibitions:
Nana Iro (7 Colors) and Knots Decrease Working Loads by 50% (Ace Hardware rope series), Handweavers Guild of America’s River of Grass 2008 (juried), Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, June 2008.
Raspberry Tea, Handweavers Guild of America’s Small Expressions 2008 (juried), Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Florida, April - July 2008.
Hemorrhage, Bead International 2008 exhibition (juried), touring various U.S. venues through 2010
We Are Here - A Beaded Map (collaboration with Nancy Strahle), Absolutely Beads Exhibition (juried), Bellevue, Wash., December 2007.
Egg Basket, Small Repetitive Motions student show, University of Washington Fiber Arts certificate program, All City Coffee Gallery, Seattle, Wash., June 7 - 30, 2007.
Ventricles, Handweavers Guild of America's Small Expressions 2007 exhibition (juried), Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, April 23 - June 22, 2007, and Indianapolis Art Center, July 21 - Sept. 2, 2007.
No. 3 in the Semolina Series: Rigatoni, Stretching the Threads group exhibition (juried), Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, April 7 - 30, 2007.
Push-up Purse (Thank God I’m an A-Cup or I Never Would Have Made the Deadline), Beadwork magazine’s Beaded Bag exhibition (juried), BeadExpo, Oakland, Calif., April 13-16, 2007.
Jewelry and sculpture, Wondrous Water group exhibition, University House Gallery, Issaquah, Wash., September 2006 - January 2007.
Soft 'n' Stone, To Hold Within: Redefining the Container group exhibition (juried), Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, Wash., November 2006.
Jewelry and sculpture, Intersections group exhibition (juried), the Gallery at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Bainbridge Island, Wash., October 2006.
No. 2 in the Semolina Series: Penne, Bead International 2006 Exhibition (juried), touring various U.S. venues through 2008.
Web of My Clavicle,
Puget Sound Bead
Festival Beaded Inspirations (juried), Tacoma, Wash., 2005.
Bead & Button Show Bead Dreams (juried), Milwaukee, WI, 2004.
Web of My Evening,
Second place, Puget Sound Bead Festival Beaded Inspirations (juried),
Tacoma, Wash., 2004.
Absolutely Beads Exhibition
(juried), Bellevue, Wash., 2004.
Transformer 2, Absolutely Beads Exhibition (juried), Bellevue, Wash., 2004.
e-mail: tina@tinakoyama.com
Photos by Greg Mullin except as noted. All content copyright© Tina Koyama, 2008.