Beadwork Retreat Meet the Instructors - Robin Atkins

Beadwork Retreat Featured Instructor: Robin Atkins
br[] At The Beadwork Retreat, Robin taught Improvisational Bead Embroidery (2-day class) and the Woven Treasure Bracelet (1-day class).

A nationally known bead artist, Robin has traveled widely to teach, lecture, and research beadwork for nearly twenty years. She has authored four beading books, including One Bead at a Time (Tiger Press) and Beaded Embellishment (Interweave Press), and numerous magazine articles. Robin enjoys all types of beading. However, she especially loves to sew beads on cloth. Currently her two passions are fabricating sculptural pieces and combining bead embroidery with bookmaking to create bead-embellished journals. She is excited to see the development of beadwork in the past two decades, as it has shifted from the world of craft toward the world of art.

In an article published in Beadwork Magazine (June/July issue of 2002), writer Mary Tafoya summarized Robin’s passion for beads:

"In the wide world of beads, everyone can find a niche, as historian, researcher, teacher, author, artist, or entrepreneur. But there are a handful of multitalented individuals who manage to embrace it all. Robin Atkins is one of those few. Whether following a meandering line of bugle beads across a swatch of fabric, or hunting glass bead-making industries in Eastern Europe, Robin responds unconditionally to the lure of beads."

See Robin's work at RobinAtkins.com.