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Kim Z. Franklin - Eve and the Serpent
Category: Wall Hanging.
Single needle, one-drop peyote stitch with improvisation as needed. The forms of Eve and the Serpent were beaded over wire and cotton batting in order to create a modest 3-dimensional effect. Lampworked bead apples and peyote stitched leaves complete the piece.
The concept of 'myth’ can be a subjective one...what is ‘myth’ to one mode of thinking may be ‘reality’ to another, and vice-versa. This being so, the creative challenge for my myth-based entry, 'Eve And The Serpent,’ began not only with the technical aspects of its beadworking, but first and foremost with the rather interesting philosophical and/or theological aspects of what may be considered myth as opposed to what may be taken literally.
I found that to form an opinion on either account leads one’s thinking back to the origin of myth as it ‘came into being’ simuitaneously upon the awakening of human consciousness, otherwise Biblically depicted as ‘The Fall’ of woman kind where human consciousness is recorded to have ‘literally’ ignited upon Eve taking the first bite of a forbidden fruit...the result of a serpent’s persuasion.
As this one event has now come to represent the very genesis of conscious thought, every advancement of humanity can inherently be traced back to it, making it the most mythically influential ‘tale’ of our time...a ‘tale’ whose only moral may be in and of itself since, by its own initiation into human thought, it has enabled wo/man kind to consciously and forever ponder whether ‘reality was born of myth’, or ‘myth was born of reality’.
With eighteen years of previous work experience as a graphics designer, I'm a self-taught artist and beadworker currently pursuing a career in fine art. After being introduced to 'beads' about 5 years ago, they quickly became my passion along with the desire to continually extend the boundaries of what can be accomplished with beads as a medium for fine art.
I am strictly an improvisational artist and my ideas, once formed, are carried through by intuition alone. This has become more a process of 'feeling' than 'seeing' a piece through to the end, a process I find suitable when employing sculptural peyote techniques as in 'Eve And The Serpent'.
I would very much like to respond to any enquires by e-mail: zwell.nospam@op.net
Also, I teach improvisational beadwork techniques, as well as techniques from beginner's to advanced, group or private lessons in my studio: Studio Z - Kim Z Franklin,
Phone: 610.431.4372 to schedule a lesson or studio visit.