Thursday, February 21, 2008
Bessie Nelson
New York Times: "A Broadway designer has to come up with the look, the gold glow of the dancers in “A Chorus Line,” say, or the gluttonous kitsch of the showgirls in “The Producers.” But even then, you can’t wear an idea. Somebody actually has to make it."
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What an impressive woman. Who's eyes are still that good at 77?
I always thought, why don't shops outsource their beading to other countries, but I never thought about the issue of durability. I always figured time would be the biggest issue.
This is an amazing article. I love reading about things like this because it exemplifies that some things are just better done by hand and no machine can be taught to do it. I've done some beadwork and I will say that this lady is not only immensely talented but probably has better vision than anyone I know because the process just makes your brain want to explode.
Bessie Nelson is accomplished. To bead hundreds of costumes that have thousands of beads on each is remarkable. This made me think of why new technology gets invented. Many people overlook beading and don't realize the immense amount of time and work. If there was a higher demand for beading, I'm sure someone would think of something to mechanically do this.
This is just amazing. I never thought that there would be just one women that does all the beading for Broadway shows. You think that in this day and age such jobs would be taken away because they made a machine that was more effeciant and less expensive than to pay a woman for all the time. Even now technology is not the means for everthing and that certain types of art can not be taken away.
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