H. C. Watkins Art
Handmade Beaded art by Carter Watkins
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All of these pieces are available for purchase. All of these pieces were hand made by Carter Watkins himself.

This is my personal collection of beaded art pieces. I started beading because I wanted an interesting original art piece in my home. A conversation piece. Something you could stare at for a lifetime. The process is simple, repetitive, and zen like. The end result is complex three dimensional vibrant work of art. It takes a lot of time to complete a piece, each piece is an original, there will never be another one like it. You are buying the highest quality craftsmanship and unique design that will last forever. 2020 was a tough year personally and professionally buying a piece of art would mean a lot to me and it would allow me to make more work and fund other art related projects down the road, and help support my growing family.

-Carter

 

Pheasant Vs. Fox

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Pheasant Vs. Fox

$12,960.00

‘Pheasant Vs. Fox’

By-Carter Watkins 2019

seed beads, beeswax, on acoustic ‘parlor’ guitar

This is the first piece of a trio of guitars with a ‘bird-conflict’ theme. On each guitar there is a common Texas bird- Pheasant, Red Tailed Hawk, and Roadrunner. Each guitar depicts an interaction between 2 animals- the bird and its predator or its prey, with complex and detailed landscape elements, climates, and fora.

This guitar is a functional* Recording King series 7- sunburst. Its a $100 guitar from Guitar Center. I liked the classic ‘parlor guitar’ shape of the body so i bought it with the intention of useing it as a canvas.

As for the art, I started this piece with the intention of doing a Nudie Cohn inspired western design. I started with this huge pheasant with those stunning tail feathers, I had no plan past the bird. Beading is such a slow process, it gives me time to brainstorm my next move while I work. After stepping back it looked like the pheasant was alarmed. So I did a little research on pheasants, this is where the whole ‘conflict’ idea came about. So I sketched out a fox creeping through some brush stalking the pheasant.

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