Exhilarating. That’s the best word to describe my recent class in Stuart, FL. Students came to our “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class with their inspiration fabrics, lots of fabric and quite a bit of artistic courage. After a morning learning about design and sketching their planned compositions, they got to work. And every one…
Meet Shay. She’s a lovely quilter with a quick smile and lots of enthusiasm. Shay likes to make art quilts. The ones with the patterns provided or with patterns she makes herself. Yet, she found herself in my Design Your Own Nature Quilt class which teaches, among other things, how to create WITHOUT a pattern. However, the…
Here are the other winners from 100% Pure Florida. Merit Awards: By Henry Peter This dragonfly looked almost real, although it’s painted with acrylics. In Third Place: And in Second Place: To see the Best of Show and my Award of Merit, see the previous post. This is a very nice exhibit, in Melbourne,…
It was a very good night for fiber at the opening of 100% Pure Florida, in Melbourne, FL. There were four fibers pieces in the juried show, which included 50+ pieces. Just take a look at this beaded dragon, made by Jennifer Shibona. Although it looks great as a sculpture, it’s also wearable. See the metallic…
If you’re in the Melbourne, FL area you’ll want to be sure to see the 100% Pure Florida exhibit which will be on display August 30 – October 1, at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. My piece, Florida Native #1, will be part of the show. I’ll be at the opening on September 2nd and I hope…
As you’ll see, I’m still working in the same series. I’m loving the colors and the motifs. This is the sketch for the current piece. And here’s the background, more or less complete. Or so I thought. But, after studying it for awhile, I decided it was too pastel for my liking. It wasn’t bad,…
In my previous post, I showed you a big orange/rust blob on my current quilt that needed to be dealt with. Eventually, I decided just to whack it off. Like this. Knowing that I’d need to attach new batting before continuing, I put the batting under my quilt before cutting into it. That way, the…
I guess it’s a good thing making a quilt takes a while because I find that I often get new ideas while implementing the previous ones. Such has been the case with my current abstract quilt. I left a large orange/rust shape in the top left corner, planning to balance it with something large and…
Have you made it to see the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists’ current exhibit, yet? For those of you in the Melbourne, FL area, there’s still time to do so. The show continues through August 30th at the Eau Gallie library. See these two previous posts for lots of images: One and Two. It’s really worth…
A View Within is an art quilt exhibit currently on display at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, in Melbourne, FL. It features the work of Paula Chung and Karen Rips. Paula likes to interpret MRIs and other medical images in her work. Karen has riffed off the same images and ideas but in her…