#41 Joanne E Gregory

#41 on the Brochure

Seascape Studio LC 37 Grange Ave, Little Compton, RI, 02837

Joanne E Gregory

AUGUST 19 & 20 Only

SHELLS/GLASS BEADS: Sea-inspired shell art and bead embroidery

seascapestudiolc@gmail.com

401-662-3925

Will provide ongoing demonstrations throughout the Tour weekend. Joanne will provide demonstrations of her techniques for creating Sailors Valentines and bead embroidery creations.

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Joanne Gregory has loved everything about the sea and its shore since she was a young girl collecting shells, rocks, and glass on family trips to the beach every summer. She came across her first Sailors Valentine while browsing at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Intrigued by their raw beauty and history, she began researching and discovered modern-day artists filling beautiful octagon shaped boxes with unique shell designs meticulously arranged from thousands of seashells, urchins, and corals. In 2015, she met Sandy Moran, an award-winning shell artist from Yarmouthport, MA. After taking one of Sandy’s Sailors Valentine workshops, they quickly became friends. Under Sandy’s guidance, Joanne created dozens of her own Sailors Valentines filling her home with these inspired works of art

Today, Joanne spends much of her free time in her home studio located in Little Compton, RI where she continues to create Sailors Valentines using inspiration and encouragement from Sandy and many other artists she has met along the way. She travels to Sanibel Island, FL twice a year combing the beaches for some of the most colorful shells in the world washed in daily from the Gulf of Mexico.

In addition to the creation of one-of-a-kind Sailors Valentines, Joanne creates sea inspired jewelry, wall hangings, and decor using special bead embroidery techniques incorporating seashells and glass beads from Japan. Her work has been displayed at the Bristol Art Museum, Brownell Library, Little Compton Community Center, and Westport Art Group and have been featured items in local charity auctions.

Joanne is a member of the Bristol Art Museum, Westport Art Group and South Coast Artists.

Parking is available in front of the garden shed. Follow pathway to studio entrance.