Photo credit: David Blakeman
Commissioned by The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, these site-specific wallpaper designs were created for In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection, curated by Allison Glenn, senior curator of New York’s Public Art Fund.
Inspired by Old Powderglass Beads from West Africa, these wallpaper designs playfully re imagine the over 200 year old glass beadmaking technique utilized by the Krobo people of Ghana. Old Powderglass beads were traditionally made from European trade beads that had been crushed and used to form the exteriors of the beads. Their intricate and varied patterns served as ornamentation and a symbol of power for the wearer. Used both in rituals and ceremonies, their history verged magical and mythical and some believed that these beads are something like beings or have spirit.
Photo credit: David Blakeman
Photo credit: David Blakeman
Photo credit: David Blakeman
Photo credit: David Blakeman
Photo credit: David Blakeman
Photo credit: David Blakeman