Two More Modules of Chroma:Green are Done

Only three more green modules to go.   Surprising how many cartoon-y characters are green.  And then there's the military use of the ugliest version of the color.  I got freaked out ordering guns, even toy ones, online so there's not a lot here - just enough to tell the story, especially those booties . . .

 

Collage Project

Here are the photos of Laurie Bucher's paper collage and my textile response to.   It is the first of four that I am working on.  It took me about 5 tries to select the right materials to use for the stems and another 6 to come up with the best solution to those big black bars.  And, yea, my orientation is 90 degrees off but it works better for me this way!

 

Chinook Waters

Looks like there might be a new series developing.   Another quilt that celebrates images based on some First Peoples' aesthetic.  This one was done on the embellisher so there is no thread in the applique.

SeaTangle 4

Since SeaTangle 2 sold recently I wanted to add another piece to that series.  -->

The piece is comprised of mixed media elements: paper, textiles, synthetics, which are layered, sculpted, burned, stitched and painted.    They represent the varied forms that occur in our oceans.  Some natural and some left by careless people who thoughtlessly set their detritus adrift.

Haida Waters

Not sure if this is a piece for Confluence (our exhibition about water), for the Quilts on the Wall Challenge called Blues, the start of a new series, or an entirely  independent piece.  We'll see where it fits down the line.   It's an art quilt which took me 3 1/2 full time weeks to complete and is completely hand stitched in the smallest possible stitches to be as invisible as possible so the graphic would be crystal clear. 

Chroma:Green Two New Modules Done

The first is on recycling.  I got to use some of that old bubble wrap and plastic I've been saving plus some of the strange melted objects I've been known to make from glue, Tyvek and other fabulous environmentally unjustifiable things.   The next one speaks for itself - Eat your veggies!!

Tsunami Churn

Four of us have started a new round robin.  We each made a paper collage.  Then we made copies and gave them to each other.  Our task is to make four textile pieces each, one from each collage.  In the end . . . 16 masterpieces!  Here's mine.

SeaTangle II Rehomed!

You can see two gals looking at my piece in the National Fiber Directions 2013 exhibit in Wichita, Kansas.  The great news is that it sold.  This is the third year I've participated and I will definitely have work there again.  It is a very sophisticated show of cutting edge textiles in a lovely space.

Chroma:Green has begun

This is the fourth piece in the Chroma series which so far has Yellow, Blue and  Orange completed.  They are all 72" x 44".    Green now has two finished modules and there will be seven (!) more - the most of any so far.    Here are the first and second.  One is simply about texture and the range of hues we refer to as "green."  The other should be pretty obvious . . .

 

Juarez

This is the piece I made to honor the women who work in the US factories in Juarez, Mexico, who are sometimes raped and even murdered on their way home from work in the darkness. The quilt was selected to be shown at the UN European Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in a show which features quilts on the topic of alternative energy.  My thinking is that if these women's paths home across the desert was well lit they would be a lot safer.  The desert surrounding Juarez has plentiful wind and sunshine which could be harnessed.  The background graphic is an abstracted map of the city of Juarez where it meets the US border.   

 I am THRILLED to have my piece included in this show which will be open for several months during the summer.  I'll provide specific dates as they become available.  An attempt is being made to bring the exhibit to Houston in the fall.

Chroma:Orange Done at Last!!!

This is the third piece in this series about color.  I completed Chroma:Yellow and Chroma:Blue last year.  There is a lot about the symbolism and psychology as well as the natural occurrence of the color orange in this piece.  It is 72" long and 45" wide although I had to photograph it turned 90 degrees clockwise.

New Embroidery

This piece doesn't have a name yet and I'm not sure if it will work its way into a larger piece, but it seems almost resolved.

Gift for Bird Lover

This was a gift from a done nesting finch last year which I saved.  I then printed the fabric with a nice tree scene completely ignoring that the tree was in full autumn colors when no bird would ever nest!!  The eggs are made of felt and beads.

Guess What is Being "Re-homed"

Wood Cells, which toured a couple of years ago with SAQA in their Art Meets Science exhibit, has found a buyer, someone with a good memory!  It went to the UK, Visions Art Museum, Pfizer and the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta among other venues.  Wish it well in its new home!

Night Vision

This is a small (18") contemporary embroidery.  It started as one image but it just was too glitzy and unfocused so I chopped it into 4 units and now it seems more constrained, more under control.    Could send it off to the Surface Design Association conference members' show but I doubt those guys would like sparkles!  A serious group, that, and not really needle workers.  This is all hand done, of course.

Last Day of Art Cloth/Quilt Workshop

This is just a tiny taste of the range of creativity exercised by my FANTASTIC students.    Each piece resonates with ideas and new techniques developed by their artistic creators.    I'm so impressed with how much work everyone put forth in a very intense series of meetings.  Can't wait to see pix of all of these finished!