一個美國女孩製作的葫蘆藝術品(組圖)

朱迪(Judy Richie)是一名來自美國德克薩斯州的女藝術家，是德州葫蘆協會著名的女會員,獲得獎項無數.她的葫蘆作品大氣,深沉,典雅,時尚.成為許多美國人特別青睞並熱衷收藏的葫蘆藝術品。朱迪(Judy Richie)從小就表現出了非同常人的藝術天分。她的葫蘆藝術是集雕刻，彩繪，鑲嵌等多種工藝解構製作完成的,並巧妙利用松針,草,羽毛,植物纖維,藤蔓,樹葉等材料與葫蘆本身結合.每件葫蘆作品都顯得那麼優雅漂亮,這是我們習慣中不常見的葫蘆藝術形式,對中國的葫蘆藝術創作很有借鑑意義。

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Judy Richie is a native of Austin, Texas and has been active in art since an early age. While still in high school she was chosen to attend a summer art camp at the University of Texas with the intent to major in art. A minor detour of marriage, six children and moving to Colorado and later to Alaska to marry her present husband, Bob, interrupted that goal.

After moving near the small town of Lake City, Colorado, Judy painted and ran her own gallery and later owned and operated a bed and breakfast inn for eight years. She painted murals on some of the walls that two subsequent owners have chosen to leave intact. While in Colorado Judy attended several oil painting workshops. She also developed an abiding interest in the art and crafts of the Native American, especially those of the Southwest. While living in the small town of Valdez, Alaska, Judy became interested in gourd art and with the help of the Internet in obtaining supplies, books and articles from varied sources, taught herself the basics of working with gourds. She learned some of her basketry coiling techniques from Aleut and Eskimo women in Alaska.

Judy and her husband retired to Kerrville, Texas in the summer of 2002, where she has a studio and pursues her art a minimum of 30 hours a week. Since moving Kerrville she has expanded her repertoire of presentations and basketry. Judy's coiled basketry is unique in it's presentation and includes pine needles, raffia, various grasses, plant fibers, philodendron sheaths and feathers. Most of her baskets are sewn with either waxed linen or artificial sinew, but you'll find a few sewn with grasses. Discovering the use of gourds for sculptural figures has been a recent delight for Judy's gourd art. Most are Native American inspired. Several have won major awards.