OK, enough talk

My name is Nancy Goes and I am currently preparing 30 pieces of bead embroideries for a solo exhibition in the Marian Library at the University of Dayton in Dayton Ohio this September. I have been talking about starting a blog for a long time and decided that this was as good a time as any to begin. So.....welcome to my blog.

I have worked in many media in my life from drawing and painting to bookarts, fiber arts (embroidery, macrame, basketry, papermaking), photography, metal and beaded jewelry and bead embroidery.  The first pieces I will be posting are in an ongoing a series of beaded icons which I began around 2000.

My first "Madonna and Child" currently in a CIVA traveling show. And also selected for a Dec. issue of Christian Century Magazine.

                             My latest icon "Ethiopian 15-16 Century"

These icons are embroidered with needle and thread, one bead at a time, on fabric which has been mounted on gold leafed wood panels.