I feel so lucky to have such great fiber art/surface design friends.
The special hand made post card arrived in the mail from my BFF Robbie Porter Payne.
The darling doll was a gift from my BFF Beth Sherman.
They each are experts at what they do.
And my BFF Nancy Burkhalter brought me lunch Monday even though we each usually bring our own lunch.
These are the dolls Beth made for each of us cavorting on the table!
It’s done, and none to soon.
Happy Valentines Day!
I made a traditional silk screen and printed these blocks on perma-press muslin about 30 years ago. A year or two ago I added them to a batch of ice dyeing I was doing to soften the contrast between the muslin and the print.
They have been on by design wall for months and I decided it was time to add sashings, cornerstones and sew them together to finish the quilt top.
The sashing and cornerstones were all cut from one piece of dyed and shiboried fabric. It WAS a challenge to use the fabric to get the best contrast and balance. I think I did it. I used almost every bit of that piece of fabric.
When my friends were here yesterday I had not started sewing the pieces together. I said I was going to have it done for Valentine’s Day. Someone said “That’s tomorrow!”. I think they didn’t think it was going to happen.
The last seam was done about 11 p.m. last night and I did the final pressing this morning.
Thinking about who I am and what I do as an artist I have some basic “tools” I use as I create no matter what medium I am using.My current show “Ice Tapestries And Shibori Quilts” pushed me to think about how I work. Questions and comments by visitors to the show also help me clarify my creativity approach.
Color is one of my most important tools. Color can mean so many things and the way colors work together and play off of each other is evident in my work.
I prefer to pair design down to their simplest form for the greatest visual impact.
Along the way I try to find the most efficient way to construct my work. I also strive to find the easiest way to bring my vision to completion. Often as I am working on something a lightning bolt hits giving me a better way for my next step.
Although I have chosen imperfection as my word for several years, it is something I have a hard time doing. I do use it as my excuse when things don’t work perfectly.
I work in series, although sometimes it is not as evident in my finished work that the varied pieces were part of the same series.
Play is another part of my creativity. I do not attempt to recreate something I’ve already done.
My work comes from deep inside me and cannot be forced. Creating is as necessary to me as breathing.
I march to my own drummer and do not follow the latest pop craze in the art arena.
Mystic Spirit 2
Jewel Box It glows!
Secret Circles Some of those circles look like they are popping right off the quilt. Others are hard to find. How many circles do you see?
Crimson Sky All those fireplaces at the Anderson Arts Center are the perfect places to display art.
