Archive | October, 2022

Huge Fiber Installation in St. Pete

By Ellen Lindner on October 30, 2022 in Uncategorized

My final post about all the great art we saw in St. Petersburg, FL. My photos won’t BEGIN to do this one justice!

St. Pete has an outdoor fiber installation by sculptor Janet Echelman. It’s called Bending Arc and it’s made up of huge shapes of knotted twine.

The photo above shows about half of it. It’s suspended well about the ground and lit with lights of changing colors. As the breeze catches it, the whole thing slowly shifts. It’s mesmerizing!

Alas, my video didn’t turn out, but you can see two on this page.

Then BE SURE TO GO TO ECHELMAN’S WEBSITE, to get your mind blown!

I just love discovering things like this! What great art have you seen lately?

Ellen Lindner

Chihuly in St. Pete

By Ellen Lindner on October 25, 2022 in Uncategorized

I imagine you’re already familiar with the work of glass sculptor, Dale Chihuly. He makes extraordinary sheer pieces that seem lighter than air. Many times, he creates elaborate installations in public gardens.

I got to see some of his work in St. Petersburg, FL at C hihuly Collection. Here are a few of the pieces we saw.

Chihuly in St. Pete. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

A typical “chandelier.” Many are about 10 times this big.

An installation of “platters.” Notice the shadows, too.

“Platter” detail.

As you can see, the lighting is an important part of any Chihuly exhibit. Don’t you love it?

A typical Chihuly ceiling: MANY “platters” face down on a plate glass support. This was shot looking straight up.

Aren’t they amazing? If you ever get the chance to see his work you’ll definitely want to. Especially if it’s an outdoor installation. In the meantime, enjoy perusing his website.

I hope you get to see some awesome art soon!

Ellen Lindner

“Raking Season” Complete

By Ellen Lindner on October 20, 2022 in Uncategorized

I loved making this quilt and I’m VERY happy with the results!

Raking Season

I dyed all the fabrics for this quilt, except for one. I love how they go together! (Note: I didn’t dye them specifically to go together. They’re ones I’ve dyed over a couple of years, but because I’m often drawn to the same colors, stencils, and techniques they ended up being a very cohesive group.)

Can you see that this quilt only has about 12 pieces? I was able to use large pieces due to the patterns in the fabrics. I’ve tried that before, but I think this was my most successful attempt.

Here’s a detail shot:

See larger images and more information about this quilt.

Ellen Lindner
P.S. If you want to see this quilt in-progress, check my posts from September 2022, or click the links below.

Gio Sway, “Fresh Up” Part Two

By Ellen Lindner on October 15, 2022 in Uncategorized

In my last post I showed you the marvelous work of mixed media artist Gio Swaby. While those pieces were done almost entirely with stitch, she has other series in which she uses colorful fabrics.

Gio Swaby - Part 2. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

The body language! Again, these are life-sized.

Don’t you feel like you know this woman?

Gio Swaby - Part 2. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

In her series, New Growth, Swaby honors black hair. What style!

Gio Swaby - Part 2. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

This exhibit was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. It has moved on, but you can see more with these resources:

The exhibit book
An ABC news video
A Fox 13 news video

Ellen Lindner

Gio Swaby, “Fresh Up”

By Ellen Lindner on October 11, 2022 in Uncategorized

I was really blown away when I saw the work of Gio Swaby, in her “Fresh Up” solo show at the Museum of Fine Art, in St. Petersburg, FL!

The introductory text for the exhibit says “Swaby’s work functions as love letters to Black women.” I think that’s it, exactly! Just take a look.

Isn’t this woman confident and powerful?

As you can see, Swaby uses black stitching to draw her subjects on canvas. The pieces are life-sized, which gives them a lot of presence.

Swaby states that the exhibit subtitle, “Fresh Up,” is “a Bahamian way to describe someone who is particularly stylish – also used to give props to the wearer. I love the uplifting nature of this phrase.”

In some cases Swaby has shown the back of the piece, allowing the viewer to see thread lines that have been carried from feature to feature.

Those faces!

Those poses!

I am totally smitten with this work!

Unfortunately, the exhibit has moved on, but you can see more with these resources:
The exhibit book
An ABC news video
A Fox 13 news video

Ellen Lindner

Scrap Happy: Red

By Ellen Lindner on October 5, 2022 in Uncategorized

I had some very lovely scraps from a recent quilt, but they were tiny. Too small to piece. So, I cut them into skinny triangles and started gluing them to a muslin base.

I LOVED the colors and I also found this rather mindless task to be fun and relaxing.

I added skinny “white” strips to cover where the pieces met.

Aren’t the colors pretty? Here’s where I ended up, after quilting with a zigzag stitch, in order to hold everything together.

I’m very happy with it, but now what do I do with it? The batting ends (with messy edges) at the end of the design. Not sure how to handle that or where I want to go with it. I’ll let it live on my secondary design wall for a while, in hopes of inspiration.

Ellen Lindner
P.S. I did the gluing with Roxanne Glue-Baste-It. I love that stuff! (But, it clogs easily, so I always have two on hand.)

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“Raking Season” Complete

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