Botanical Arts
The Artists Path | Section B | Botanical Jewelry
Class 2
Garden Glove
An embellished garden glove to be displayed palm side down on a black background.
Five Entries
Judge’s Commendations were awarded to the entire class:
“The obviously talented budding botanical artisans in class 2 are commended.”
Victoria Howard & Christy Robinson
North Country Garden Club
“The pollinators climb the paths on the Tree of Life, a network of branches and an artistic symbol that connects earth to sky.”
“Exhuberant, fanciful, busy “bee” glove that blossoms with strong depth, color, contrast and equal visual weight of most components that achieve crystallographic balance.”
Bette Green
Laurel Garden Club
“Finding the path of the pollinators!”
“Interesting integration of rhythmic patterning that bolsters the appreciated dominance of the lantern blossom.”
“Color combination distracts from distinction of design.”
Alice Farley & Leslie Purple
Wissahickon Garden Club
“She used her pointer finger to good effect, showing her gardener all the weeds, but never, ever the dandelions so valuable to the pollinators!”
“Creativity shows in the choice of storytelling beginning with the root moving on a rhythmic visual path with interesting components.”
“Prevalence of flatness diminishes balance and painted technique detracts from the needed textural design element.”
Katherine A. Renfrew
The Garden Club of Norfolk
“In Full Bloom The enchantment of mountain laurel, violets, and evergreen pines, along with the woodland’s diverse four seasons, illuminate. a pathway for the artist’s creation.”
“The abundance and variation of selected plant material left untreated creates an organic, naturalistic, pleasingly scaled design. Competing patterns of color and form impede overall rhythm and flat presentation of materials and glove weakens design balance.”
Virginia Pierrepont & Meredith Olt
North Country Garden Club
“A break in the pathway allows plants to take hold and vie, creating energy that bursts forth as a botanical supernova producing an unpredictable outcome.”
“Creative forms and the manipulation of the textural quality of the glove creates an interesting design. Lower and upper groupings of plant materials compete for dominance. The placement of grass takes eyes out of the design and affects the rhythm.”
A white glove was provided by the committee. Use the slider to see the incredible transformation of Bette Greene’s glove!