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In this contemporary beadwork wall piece by Joshua Tree artist Panda Landa, a white panel of tightly packed beads carries …
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In this contemporary beadwork wall piece by Joshua Tree artist Panda Landa, a white panel of tightly packed beads carries I WANT THIS in black-gray capitals, its border finished with a scalloped row of loops in smoky, iridescent beads that shift between purple, blue and green like oil on water. The loops make the rectangle look like a lace edge, a badge or a small cushion, and the plain declaration inside seems to blush a little at its own honesty. Panda Landa works by improvisation and play, and the loops are the sort of ornament that arrives mid-work and stays. The panel is mounted against natural linen in a white box frame, a square of ten inches.
A small, characterful square for a bedroom, a dressing area, a bar corner or a hallway. The white and smoky iridescent beads suit white walls, pale wood and glass, and the loop edge adds a decorative accent that works with brass, velvet and mixed textures. Hang it by a mirror, above a shelf or in a gallery wall of small works.
Beads, 10 x 10 x 1.75 in (25.4 x 25.4 x 4.4 cm). Framed in white, mounted against natural linen.
These panels are made of tiny beads built up in tight horizontal rows, with each letter formed by changing the bead color from row to row. The finished rectangle is slightly irregular at its edges, a soft, handmade shape rather than a rigid one, and it is mounted against natural linen inside a white box frame. The wording is short and personal, set in blocky, grid-like lettering that echoes pixels, stitches and early screen type.
Panda Landa (b. 1982) is a queer, non-binary visual artist and filmmaker raised in the Nevada desert and now based in Joshua Tree, California. Self-taught, they work through instinct and improvisation, making mixed-media textile pieces from second-hand fabrics that are dyed by hand, stitched and stretched over frames. Sustainability is central to the practice, and every cloth arrives with its own history.
Their ongoing series, including PORTAL, ALTAR, ECLIPSE, VESSEL and RITUAL, touch on queerness, identity, ancestral narrative, healing and transformation, and more recent beaded panels carry short, tender phrases in color. Landa made the 2022 film In the Middle of Everywhere and has offered a workshop on giving new life to clothes at the Joshua Tree Music Festival.
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