About the Artist
CAROL SAMOUR plays with color and texture while creating one of a kind, unique art to wear jewelry. Each and every piece is designed
and hand crafted with vintage beads, Venetian glass beads, African trade beads, gemstones and ethnic amulets and pendants. Her designs are
bold and colorful and are inspired by BEADS old and new from around the world. Over the years her jewelry as been shown at:
JRA Day James Renwick Alliance Craft Member exhibition & sale
MMMF Fair International Arts & Crafts Fair at the World Bank
IDB Inter-American Development Bank "Christmas Bazaar"
USSD United States State Department "Holiday Bazaar"
NMWA National Museum of Women in the Arts "Celebrate the Season"
MCC Metropolitan Community Club of Montgomery County
BSGW Bead Society of Greater Washington "Bead & Jewelry Bazaar"
CCWC Chevy Chase Women's Club "Art and Craft Fair"
D.C. Design House
"Mayfield Market" at the Connelly School of the Holy Child
Glen Echo Park Labor Day Art Show
Clara Barton Community Center "Holiday Craft Show"
Her work has been sold at the Museum Shop of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and at Catch Can Women's Clothing Store
Carol Samour lives with her husband and two cats in Washington Grove, Maryland
Artist's Statement
I enjoy endless hours of stringing beads while playing with color and texture. Often times I arrive at the finished piece through many turns
of trial and error, thinking I want one something and finding no, that's not right, let me try somthing else. Sometimes instinct plays a great role particularly if I am drawn to a certain color. At other times I see an object with colors that I just can't get out of my mind. When I try to
apply those colors to my design, it just might be that they work with some tweaking on my part. More than likely, I have a particular person
in mind that I imagine wearing my designs.
I spent many years as a black and white fine art photographer and could never consider shooting in color. Such a pleasant surprise it is
to now find myself surrounded by lush hues. Yes, COLOR matters.
