Patterns of Light: The Beaded Vases

“Color can turn the ordinary into something unforgettable.” – Tatyana Thrapp

By November 2024, Tatyana found herself drawn to an unexpected canvas: glass. Bottles and vases, once humble and functional, became the foundation for a new experiment in transformation. With bead-like designs in vivid, jewel-toned colors, she layered patterns that shimmered across the surface, turning the familiar into something radiant.

Decorative Vases

Each piece carried its own rhythm. Dots of color clustered like constellations, weaving into lines and shapes that caught the light and shifted with every angle. Where her paintings often unfold across flat surfaces, these vases offered her the challenge of dimension, requiring her to consider not only front and back but the way the design circled endlessly, wrapping around form.

Decorative Vase

The process was both meticulous and liberating. The repetition of beading demanded focus, yet within that discipline lay freedom — a chance to explore how color could dance across glass, how ordinary vessels could become luminous objects of contemplation.

Decorative Vases

In these works, Tatyana discovered a harmony between craft and fine art. They blur boundaries: part decoration, part sculpture, part painting. More importantly, they embody her instinct to see beyond appearances — to notice possibility in what might otherwise remain unseen.

Closing Reflection:
These vases are more than decoration; they stand as evidence that transformation often begins where we least expect it.