tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72171469674749820272024-02-19T01:02:28.668-08:00Quiet Corner Art Quilt GroupMember Artists: Joan Blade Johnson, Melanie Johnston, Pat Ferguson, Marica Kilpatrick, Cathey LaBonte, Hope Barton, Sheila Rae LutzUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-63175631907628052442018-04-25T14:42:00.001-07:002018-04-26T01:37:01.818-07:00Fiber Art Day 2018 <br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">We hope to see everyone at the Fiber Art Day event on Saturday, May 5th. This is the 3rd year for this event...and it has consistently been well-attended and SO MUCH FUN! All of the Quiet Corner Art Quilt group will be there, either helping out, vending, playing music or just enjoying the event. Hope you can make it!</span></h4>
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Our own Cathey LaBonte and Hope Barton will have their pieces on display in the Local Color #3 "Inspired by Science" exhibit running from May 5th to July 8th!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317580498489077808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-63110503021035828572018-04-24T19:35:00.000-07:002018-04-28T10:24:36.776-07:00Surface Design Swap ChallengeThis month we each brought in a fat quarter of fabric on which we had done some surface design technique(s). We put each fat quarter into its own envelope and then we each picked a sealed envelope. Our challenge...we have to make an art quilt using all or some of the fabric we chose by our next meeting. We'll post the results after the June meeting. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with...<br />
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Joan got this ice dyed cotton piece done by Marcia.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317580498489077808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-92001298877763706982017-08-23T15:48:00.000-07:002017-10-28T16:24:03.730-07:00Still Life<div style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
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PAT: I had an unfinished fabric collage of a butterfly from a class with Susan Carlson. I added borders and tulle, and Swarovski crystals to emphasize the butterfly details. I then mounted it on canvas using a mitered border.</div>
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MARCIA: I printed a photo of red onions, and layered over it a faintly striped tulle, which gave the piece some interesting shadows.</div>
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HOPE: I started the portrait of my dog Pierre in Esterita Austin's class. We were all given a piece of ice dyed fabric to use for the different values. I found it challenging to look at multiple colors and still find the values.</div>
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I took a photo of a dinner plate hibiscus, enlarged it, traced the main parts onto vinyl, placed parchment paper over it, and painted. When dry, I ironed a fusible over it and went to flip it onto batting. However, not all the paint came up, so I placed a patterned material under the flowers and leaves, which gave it an interesting texture.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317580498489077808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-22349277958325566552017-07-19T12:44:00.003-07:002017-10-23T12:00:19.972-07:00Participation in the Textile Duo at the Windham Textile and History Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317580498489077808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-38199663619066911272016-10-05T13:43:00.001-07:002016-10-05T13:43:36.404-07:00SeriesOur challenge for October was to work in Series.<br />
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<b>Shelia Rae:</b> I was not here last month. The challenge then was circles. Here is my piece from that challenge. The frightening images inside the circles come from my childhood nightmares precipitated by the Cuban Missile Crisis and the defense drills we had to perform in school and in my town.<br />
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For my Series pieces, I used vintage "orphan blocks" given to me to create a series based on the myths and legends of the underground railroad quilts.</div>
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This first block is a<b> Log Cabin</b>. Legend has it that when the center was red, it was safe to pass; black meant stay away. This is a safe block with a red button center. There are also chains in the piece representing the chains of slavery.</div>
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My second piece is a <b>North Star</b> block and represents flying to freedom, The background fabric is embroidered with many small x's. The wings were in one of my donation bags. I spray painted them green.</div>
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The third piece is <b>Turnbolt.</b> There is a north star and compass for guidance and stained glass-looking fabric to bring to mind churches. Churches were often safe havens to slaves fleeing to freedom.</div>
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The Fourth block is <b>Bowtie</b>. Its message is "go in disguise" or "hide in plain sight." In this block there is lots to look at and lots of glitz to distract the viewer from the basic block. </div>
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<b>Pat:</b> A couple of months ago our challenge was geometry, I liked the piece I made but wanted it to have more depth. I continued to work on it and added a lot more stitching, especially around the edges to create shading and depth. Here is the enhanced piece:</div>
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For my Series challenge, I continued with last month's circle motif. That one was multicolored and this time I want to do one in black and white. I recently purchased some fabric and was inspired by the circles with the turquoise center. It added just a bit of color to the otherwise black and white scheme. I appliqued the circles on to black fabric then used white decorative stitching in circles to create the piece.</div>
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This was my inspiration fabric. I cut circles from it for the piece.</div>
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Here is my black, white and turquoise piece: (note from photographer - this piece is perfectly executed. The photo was taken with someone holding it up and that made it look a little wonky).</div>
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Here is the first in the series (from last month):</div>
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<b>Melanie: Abstraction</b>. Well it is not a series yet but this piece was made from a piece of "silk paper" I made. It contains silk roving, metallic threads and other ephemera. The paper is mounted on a batik and silk background then stitched, I have more silk paper and plan to make one or two more to complete the series. </div>
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<b>Marica:</b> My series in <b>Gesneria.</b> These 3 pieces were made with raw edge applique, some silk and stitch. The middle piece has a beaded edge.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-66129317910998471382016-09-01T08:27:00.001-07:002016-09-01T08:27:04.240-07:00CirclesOur word for August was <i><b>Circles</b></i>.<br />
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<b>Pat - Lava Bubbes </b>I have been experimenting with alcohol inks on non porous paper e.g. Yupo. The colors are intense and the way the ink spreads and disperses on the medium is so interesting. For this quilted piece, I scanned 2 of the Yupo ink designs, printed them on to fabric then sliced and alternated them for the composition. Both prints had circular motifs so they were perfect for this month's theme.<br />
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<b>Going in Circles</b> - for this piece I used a technique of centering fabric on a tack and rotating it around while using many of the decorative stitches on my machine. The variety of decorative stitches and colored thread on black give this design a lot of impact. The center of the circles are filled with washers painted with the alcohol inks. </div>
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<b>Hope - Sunprint</b>. With the hot, sunny weather, I have been doing a lot of sunprinting. For this piece, I layered some stencil work in white over the sunprint. I added a few drops of pearlescent paint to the sunprinting paint. In person, you can see the sparkle it added. <br />
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<b>Joan - Fresh Perk.</b> I used a program on my ipad call "Percolate" to create a subtle circular background. The image is printed on to the fabric. I overlayed a piece of tulle then cut it away from the coffee. The tulle remaining around the edges of the coffee created a bubble-like effect of freshly brewed and poured coffee.<br />
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<b>Pathways 2</b> - This piece is similar to an earlier one I made. The circle is cut from a piece of my hand-marbled fabric. I appliqued it to to white fabric and used various threads and stitch lengths to create the pathways.</div>
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<b>Melanie - Circular.</b> This piece is created from a variety of hand-dyed and commercial fabrics layered in off-set circles. The circles are outlined with couched black yarn. </div>
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<b>Cathey - Rust.</b> I found this rusted strip along the highway and have been waiting to use it in a piece. I love the color and texture of rusted objects. The object inspired the rust colored fabrics and the circles create balance in the composition. </div>
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<b>Marcia- Meandering Circles</b>. This piece was created from a piece of my hand-dyed clamp-resist fabric. I added buttons, yo-yos and yarn. The hanging system is a stick with small curtain clamps. </div>
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<b>Shelia Rae</b>: This is my take on steam punk, I even wrote a little haiku to go with it. "A tisket, a tasket, A basketful of gaskets, For my car has died; Time to buy, I created the background from an orphan block I was given. I used alcohol spray to transfer some color from the original basket motif then sprayed with it with glimmer spray. The sewn-on objects include a watch, actual gaskets and various other metal ephemera, There is Angelina film behind some of the open pieces.<br />
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<b>Hope:</b> Steam Punk Fish. I overdyed some industrial motif Tim Holtz fabric for the background. The mouth of the fish is a zipper. Gears, picture hangers, and a variety of other metal trinkets,make up the fish details.</div>
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<b>Cathey</b>: Victorian bustiers with a steam punk twist. I created the bustier from "pleather" with details of pearls and metallic items. The skirt is shabby, ratty tulle. This something I would wear if I went to a steam punk event!</div>
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As my art quilt group buddies know, I have been studying at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). One of the things I have been doing is designing fabric, Here is an example that I had printed on canvas at Spoonflower. </div>
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<b>Joan: </b>I loved this challenge and made 3 pieces! I had several pieces of fabric I had rusted and thought it would made the perfect background for a steam punk piece. I used my printer to print images on the rusted fabric, I made 2 clocks. Similar but in different frames and in one I used metallic thread for the simple quilting lines. The third piece is in a double window frame. I printed gears on the rusted fabric.</div>
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<b>Melanie</b>: Steam Punk Guitar. I was trying to find some gears for this project. I asked my husband if he had an old watch I could take apart. He didn't but gave me these tuner parts from an old mandolin. I also sunprinted some fabric with small clock gears and stencils and used it for part of the background. </div>
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<b>Pat:</b> Modern Steam Punk - Tools of the trade. I have been interested in string art for a while and wanted to use it in a quilted piece, Although steam punk is industrial/Victorian, what better embellishments to use but the tools of the trade in sewing/quilting. Steampunk can also be fairly dark so mine is more modern with lighter, brighter colors. </div>
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The background is black kona cotton. Embellishments include buttons, mother-of-pearl belt buckle, binding clips, pastern tracer roller, and tape measure and rick rack for the binding. </div>
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<b>Marcia:</b> Geared Clock. I just happened to have a big package of gears. I decided to make a steam punk clock. The background fabric is industrial in feeling - reminiscent of propellers or diamond plate. The strips are velvet. Chain surrounds the clock "face" and ribbon was used for the binding. </div>
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<b>Shelia Rae</b> - I found some measurment tools including a compass and used them as embellishments. The focus fabric is by Tim Holtz. It has a technical motif. The beads are made from enameled dominos. The patterning on the dominos is very much like the fabric.<br />
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<b>Spirit Horse</b> uses some of the fabric Hope brought back from Africa. Here I have folded it in places to add dimension. I sprayed the background fabric with glimmer mist for a spiritual feel along with the white horse and "stars."</div>
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<b>Marital Discord</b> includes an embroidered squirrel on linen, pumpkins, star and other button embellishments. The title refers to an incident in my life involving a squirrel and pumpkin pie candles but I will leave the rest to your imagination.</div>
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<b>Joan - Gravitational Waves.</b> Maybe this is more physics than geometry but it is still math so.....</div>
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I love the image of the earth with the gravitational waves depicted. I interpreted this using hand marbled cotton for the earth, overlayed with hand marbled organza. The waves are stitched in heavy polyesther orange thread. </div>
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<b>Melanie - Mondrian</b> The inspiration for this piece is inspired by the artist, Mondrian. I used Shiva painticks on black fabric. It is quilted with black pearl cotton along the rectangle lines.</div>
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I also did 2 other pieces with geometric shapes. The base fabric here is a Gelli plate print. The shapes are made from silk and hand-dyed fabric </div>
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<b>Cathey - Frida and the Concentric Circles.</b> As you all know by now, I am intrigued by Frida Kahlo. Shelia Rae gave me a piece of upholstery fabric with her image and I appliqued it to this batik with a circular theme. I recently took a class at RISD on "experimental embroidery" and used those techniques here to embroider many concentric circles with warious threads, yarns, beads and other embellishments. </div>
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<b>Hope - Tree Snails</b>. Like Joan, not geometry but algebra - <span style="background-color: white;">The Fibonacci sequence. This mathmatical model is used to </span><span style="background-color: white;">describe an amazing variety of phenomena, in mathematics, science, art and nature. The sequence leads to, the golden ratio, spirals, certain curve formations and the petal arrangment on some flowers. No one can really explain why it is echoed so clearly in the world of art and nature.</span></div>
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Tree snails are amazing and colorful creatures that literallly live in trees. I hand painted them on to this leafy fabric. <span style="background-color: white;">Their arrangement here and the spiral patterning of their shells reflect the Fibonacci sequence.</span></div>
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<b>Marica - Geometric Collage</b>. In this piece everything from the weave in the base fabric to the cut shapes, added embellishments and the quilting reflect geometric shapes. </div>
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<b>Pat - Optical Illusion</b>. I found some images on Pinterest of black and white squares put together in a way that bends sight lines and creates depth, I thought it would be interesting to make this with fabric. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hope:</b> I wanted to showcase the baobab tree because it is an important asset in African life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The baobab tree is often called the tree of life because it can provide shelter, clothing,
food, and water for the animal and human inhabitants of the African<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Savannah</span> regions. The cork-like bark and huge stem are fire
resistant and are used for making cloth and rope. The leaves are used as
condiments and medicines. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The fruit, called "monkey bread" is edible,
and full of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">vitamin C</span>. The fruit has a velvety shell and is about the size
of a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">coconut</span>, weighing about 3 pounds.. It has a somewhat acidic<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">flavor</span>, described as somewhere between grapefruit, pear, and
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The tree can store hundreds of litres
of water, which is an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">adaptation</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
the harsh<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">drought</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>conditions
of its<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">environment</span>. The tree may be tapped in dry periods. Mature
trees are usually hollow, providing living space for many animals and humans.
Trees are even used as bars, barns, wine and beer shops and more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition to vitamin C, the dried fruit
powder provides varying amounts of <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">carbohydrates</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pectin</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">riboflavin</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">calcium</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">magnesium</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">potassium</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">iron</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">phytosterols</span>, <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">protein</span> and <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">fats</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The fruit is eaten
fresh or dried and stirred into porridge and drinks.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Shelia Rae</b>: I made 2 pieces. The fabric viewed with the strips vertically, reminded me of trees or a forest in autumn. I added fairies and stenciled in some "glimmer shimmer" for fairy dust. There are fairy embellishments and an metal embellishment at the bottom with the phrase: "Reality has limits; Imagination is boundless." This piece has been sold.</span></div>
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I named the second piece "What time is it, white man?" This time I treated the fabric like ricks. There are painted bangles & curtain rings, some Judaic fabric, lots of hand stitching and quilting and a bit of glimmer shimmer. </div>
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<b>Pat:</b> I also made 2 pieces. The first piece is "Good and Evil." Most people see the word "good" first but inside the good is "evil." I used 2 layers if black felt instead of batting and snippets of the fabric to embellish along the top.</div>
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In the second piece, I use a cut and flip technique to create mirror imaged cut-outs. It is a piece inspired by Matisse based children's challenge that I can across.</div>
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<b>Melanie:</b> "Unstrung" The fabric reminded me of wood grain. In this piece I used it for the suggestion of a guitar. </div>
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<b style="line-height: 16.8pt;">Marcia:</b><span style="line-height: 16.8pt;"> "Sunset Dreaming" The fabric reminded me of a pond in a golden sunset. I made some flowers from other fabric and used them for embellishment along with other flower objects, beads and buttons that I had. </span></div>
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<b>Joan:</b> I used the Tech-tuck technique a while back and wanted to try it again. It is not quite finished hence the pin "embellishments" but the fabric works really well with this technique. </div>
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<b>Cathey:</b> I had an idea for my project but have not yet made it. I did however, make some fabric </div>
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<b>Pat</b>: <b>Nola</b> was a Northern White Rhinoceros. She lived at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park but died in November 2015. That brings the world population of Northern white rhino to 3. Those 3 were unable to breed and are now too old. Extinction of this species is happening now.<br />
To create this piece I used thread painting on black fabric enhanced with some white highlights. I wanted her to look ghostly - consistent with the extinct theme. There is narrow piping in the binding.<br />
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<b>Cathey: Nola</b>. By coincidence, I also chose Nola! For my process, I used TAP to transfer the image and hand calligraphy for the text. The background is ice dyed fabric over-dyed with orange.<br />
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<b>Hope - Tree Frog.</b> These colorful frogs are so beautiful but habitat loss leads to extinction and these creatures are at risk. This piece is raw-edge applique.<br />
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<b>Shelia Rae-</b> My piece is about nuclear extinction. The glasses on the side are used by the military for special training for a nuclear event. Fire, black tulle, nuclear particle embellishments and atomic symbols work together to represent this type of extinction.<br />
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<b>Marcia - The "Showy Lady Slipper"</b> is a specific type of lady slipper difficult to cultivate and now almost vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss. I traced the outline of the lady slipper from a botanical picture and used colored pencils to give soft color.<br />
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<b>Melanie - Ammonite</b>. Ammonites are an extinct group of marine mollusk animals. The
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-48726094244915470232015-11-22T17:24:00.000-08:002015-11-23T05:26:03.741-08:00BirdsOur prompt for November was bird(s)<br />
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<b>Marcia </b>- I made - what else?!? - a chicken! This one is a light brown Dutch. I used yarns and ribbons on burlap to make it 3-D. I also did a lot of hand stitching in the background in "chicken scratch" pattern.<br />
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<b>Hope </b>- I really wanted to do a toucan but just could not get it right. Then I thought of the gambel quail. It has tiny wings and can not actually fly. I made up the little saying at the bottom in their honor. The words were hand stamped with alphabet stamps. The birds are made from various fabrics.<br />
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<b>Joan - </b>This is a photo I took of a tree in our town. I printed it on fabric and added a crow. I love the interesting trunk of this tree and the photo perspective looking up into the sky.</div>
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<b>Cathey</b> - I started with white fabric and used a Gelli plate to print the background in multiple layers. I then created a stencil and used it to silk screen print the crow and tree. The piece is not yet quilted. The group noticed that the background had an interesting translucent quality when it was backlit. The bottom photo is the same piece in front of a light source. </div>
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<b>Melanie</b> - Music is Life. This piece is a take on the "tree of life." It is a tree made with music symbols and for the challenge, it has a songbird. </div>
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<b>Shelia Rae</b> - Old Birds. The center of this piece is crewel work that I was given. It is re-made from another piece. The green flowers are silk flowers deconstructed with button centers. The background is an old piece of vintage patchwork. I used a pencil eraser as a stamp to stamp many green dots on the background vintage block and a glue gun to apply other embellishment. </div>
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In addition to the piece for the month, I made this piece called <b>"Folding Space." </b>It is another re-make from an older piece. I used a lot of hot-fix crystals, some blue sequins for the geisha's eyes and some pleating to add dimension.</div>
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The third piece I made is called<b> PTSD</b> comes from the visions and voices when I have a PTSD related nightmare. I started with whit fabric and used a variety of surface design techniques to creat the fabric, The text is stamped with alphabet stamps. The figure at the bottom is mean, trying to turn away from the pain and chaos and put it all behind me. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-1648351864839556682015-10-22T15:27:00.000-07:002015-11-23T05:27:45.588-08:00FallOur prompt for October was "Fall"<br />
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<b>Pat:</b> I used a stencil and Shiva Paintsticks on black fabric. I then used colored threads in various stitching patterns to add color and interest.<br />
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<b>Shelia Rae</b>: <b>From Russia with Love</b>. This is a piece I re-did. The center is from an old Russian-origin textile.<br />
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<b>Grandmother's Colors</b></div>
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My grandmother loved pinks & oranges. She called them sunset colors. This is part of an old quilt that I spray-painted then stenciled with stars & horses for Texas. The center is a "found" CD and the rays are created by embroidery and beading pulled tightly to create tucks. </div>
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This is an older piece I was not happy with so I re-made it with lots of hand-work and embellishment. </div>
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<b>Cathey</b>: <b>Book of Leaves</b></div>
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I created the pages of this book from canvas with layers of gelli plate printing. I also laminated on rice paper "ghost" gelli prints. The leaf prints are dyed or painted, the letters are from the scrapbooking section of the art store and the binding is beaded. </div>
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<b>Hope: Maple in Fall</b></div>
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I sunprinted a branch of leaves then enhanced them with colored pencils and painted the background. There is a lot of detail in the branch and seeds along with the leaves.</div>
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<b>Ferns and Rocks</b>. This is a sunprinted piece. I loved the one Joan made the other month and really wanted to try making one. I love how it turned out. </div>
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<b>Joan: Autumn in Pomfret</b><br />
This is a photo I took in Pomfret. I printed the photo on fabric and enhanced it with stitch and added a bit of sari silk for the red grasses.<br />
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<b>Rocks & Footprints on the Beach</b>, Although not a fall scene, this is a photo I took on vacation in the Outer Banks. I also collected many small, flat rocks and added a pile of them to this piece using glue.</div>
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<b>Superior Rocks</b>. This is a photo on fabric from one I took of rocks in Lake Superior. This is the actual color of the rocks!</div>
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<b>Melanie: Everything has its Season</b>. I laminated a paper print to tulle then removed the paper from the back. I raw-edge appliqued it to some hand-dyed fabric and added leaves of various fabrics.<br />
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<b>Earth and Sky</b>. This is an abstract piece from 3 gelli prints and hand-dyed fabric.</div>
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<b>Marcia: Falling in Fall</b>. This piece is made from various ribbons. I think they look like rain or trees in a forest. I then appliqued leaf shapes over them. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pat:</b> The idea of ancient symbols and drawings in rocks made me think of archeology. I recently moved into a new house and have been doing a lot of clean-up in the yard. While working on the rock walls, I found many artifacts that told stories about the life of the people who once lived here. I took pictures and created an art quilt from them. Look closely and you will find bits of barbed wire, an old horseshoe, gears etc. I also covered a box with the pictures.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-69785286993241427182015-09-09T11:41:00.001-07:002015-09-09T11:41:50.268-07:00DOT Gallery Show 2015Come see our work in the Corporate Offices Art Gallery at the Department of Transportation in Newington, CT<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-6248708996403303862015-06-09T06:20:00.002-07:002015-06-09T06:20:32.947-07:00Artist InspiredThis month our task was to create something influenced by an artist we like.<br />
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<b>Joan: Kath Frajbis</b><br />
I really like the work of printmaker <a href="http://www.kathfrajbis.com/" target="_blank">Kath Frajbis</a>.<br />
From her artist's statement: "<i>My work is primarily concerned with the relationships
between landscape and the human being.I am most interested in mankind’s effect on the landscape and the passage of
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I also love landscape and like this artist's use of line, shape and color. I was intrigued by her technique of embossing parts of the paper in the print process without using color. This creates an interesting, subtle texture.<br />
In my piece I represented this texture in the "pathway" using the machine without thread. I enjoyed using some of my hand-marbled fabric.<br />
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This is my project from last month. The theme was "tattoo" and this is my take on a frog tattoo design. The background is my own hand-dyed and discharged fabric. The image was transferred using TAP.</div>
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<b>Hope: Gabrielle Sichel</b><br />
<a href="http://www.vernonstreet.com/artists/sichel.html" target="_blank">Gabrielle Sichel </a>does some beautifu work with color. Inspired by her work, I painted some fabric and organza and used them together to create the color in the background. I then added some shapes I have lately been using and playing with in my art.<br />
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I also made a collaged piece this month. I painted the background and used some of my hand-dyed fabric, batik and other ephemera to add interest.<br />
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<b>Cathey: Frida Kahlo</b></div>
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I chose <a href="http://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/" target="_blank">Frida Kahlo</a>. She was a brave lady and an artist I admire. She made many self portraits and is often pictured with roses in her hair. For her portrait, I used flowers from *Michaels* batik, commercial cotton, hand-dyed fabric and cheesecloth. </div>
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<b>Melanie: Dale Chihuly</b></div>
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I love the glass work of <a href="http://www.chihuly.com/" target="_blank">Dale Chihuly</a>. Some of it looks marbled so he seemed the perfect inspiration to use some of my hand-marbled fabric. This piece is marbled on silk. The white stitched lines at the bottom represent the white strands of glass Dale uses in some of his work. </div>
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<b>Shelia Rae: Animation</b></div>
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This piece is an ode to animators. It takes specific inspiration from "Ferngully." In the theme song of that movie there is a lyric, "If I gotta eat somebody it might as well be you." The piece is embellished with frogs, lizards, flowers and other images from the movie.</div>
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<b>Madonna</b></div>
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I was given a piece of linen printed with an image of the madonna and child. I removed the stitching that someone had started and hand embroidered the image using a variety of stitches and beads. To make the background more interesting and textural, I stamped it using a stamp I created from a piece of wood. </div>
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<b>Clint Eastwood</b></div>
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This piece was inspired by Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino when he says "Get off my lawn!"</div>
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There is a figure representing Clint and the crosses represent trespassers. </div>
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Shelia Rae: I had an idea to take a photo of my tattoo, print it on silk and embellish it but I could not get my printer to cooperate. I still want to do the project so will keep trying. Meanwhile, I did two other pieces:<br />
<b>One of a Kind.</b> I found an old (VERY OLD) t-shirt that belonged to my brother. He was a biker and died several years ago but this t-shirt brought back so many memories of him. The cross fabric background and the angel are spiritual signs that he is gone from this earth. He was truly "one of a kind."<br />
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The second piece is <b>Storm on the Prairie.</b> I am from Texas where the storms are as big as everything else. The background fabric is perfect for the cloudy, greenish sky when a storm is approaching. The toy propeller seemed to fit. When I was a kid, my mother told me to pin clothespins to the curtain bottoms to keep things from blowing away. I think it was a strategy to keep us occupied and calm. There are 4 clothespins at the bottom of this piece in remembrance of my mom. It is difficult to see even in the close-up but there are thousands of French knots on this piece adding lots of texture. My fingers are still sore!</div>
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Marica: <b>Rosie the Tattooed Lady</b>. My son-in-law's brother owns a tattoo shop. On an outside nearby wall, is a large mural of a tattoo design. The design is a bearded, tattooed lady. I though it was perfect for this challenge so I took a picture and printed it on fabric, I used roses for the border fabric. Roses are a popular motif in these old fashioned tattoo designs. </div>
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Melanie: <b>Guitar Tattoo</b>. In addition to the skin tattoos we know, there are musical tattoos. They are usually associated with the military. I could not think of how to represent one of those but still ended up with a musical tattoo of sorts. I used an image of a tattoo, thread sketched it, then filled in color with a black water soluable crayon and a gold Shiva paintstick. </div>
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Cathey: I am intrigued by<b> henna tattoos</b> so created one using thread sketching for the tattoo. I need to finish it. </div>
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<b>Joan</b>: When we decided on this challenge, I immediately thought about the fake four leaf clover tattoo I had for Paddy Murphy's wake at URI in my college days. I convinced all my friends that it was real. My project was going to be based on that but I could not find my old picture. Then I decided to do a turtle tattoo but did not get that done either. Maybe next month........</div>
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<b>Pat: </b>Well I looked at lots of tattoos on Pinterest. Very interesting, Would love to get one but am afraid of needles. Did not get to the actual creation of a piece this month. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-54146001079295428242015-04-21T05:30:00.000-07:002015-04-21T05:30:05.612-07:00Things RememberedOur challenge this month was to be inspired by something/someone from our past.<br />
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<b>Cathey: Wish You Were Here</b><br />
I am remembering my Dad who died a year ago. I found these old family photos. One was an old black & white, the other was a more recent color photo. The two did not look quite right together so I gave both of them an old time/ethereal feel by printing them on <a href="http://www.jacquardproducts.com/extravorganza-valentine.html" target="_blank">ExtravOrganza</a> in black & white and mounting them on muslin.<br />
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<b>Hope: Family Lore</b><br />
As a kid, I grew up with a fantastic tale about my great, great, great grandfather. As the story goes, he was involved in trying to recover gold stolen from mines near Zululand, Africa. My piece is inspired by the great adventure. As far as I know, the gold is still there!<br />
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For this second piece, I created used metallic paints on black to create background fabric. The figure, birds and moon are from coppery Angelina film. The figure is inspired by my niece dancing with sparklers at a wedding. </div>
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Lastly, I used a photo of a puffin - I love puffins - as a model and created this painting on fabric. In the photo he was not in such a pretty setting so I "enhanced" his surroundings. </div>
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<b>Melanie: Please Let Me Play Piano</b></div>
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As a kid, I wanted to learn to play piano. We did not have a piano so I had to practice at my grandparent's house but I was allowed to take lessons and still love music. This is a small piece made from gelli plate printed fabric. The collaged partial keyboard is the reference to my childhood love of the piano. </div>
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<b>Marcia: I Am Irish!</b></div>
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Since I am Irish and this challenge was issued at our March meeting, St. Patrick's day was on my mind. I created this "Irish Flag" with the flag colors, sequins, Celtic knots and other Irish memorabilia. The piece is hand quilted with echo quilting around the Celtic knots. </div>
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In this second piece, I wanted to use some of my interesting fabric, threads, yarns etc. I ended up with an "X" motif so I guess it is called <b>"X" Marks the Spot.</b> Again. the piece is hand quilted, this time with x's.</div>
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<b>Shelia Rae: Wooden Boat</b></div>
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This piece is a reference to a close, long time friend. When my first son was born, she made him a quilt with this pieced ship. After years of being loved, I did not want to lose it entirely so I took the ship, over-dyed it and made this new piece to give it new life. It is kind of inspired by the Neil Young song, Cinnamon Girl. Embellishments include buttons, beads, artifacts and hand stitching. She and I are still "sailing on" in friendship.</div>
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I also made 3 other new pieces since our last meeting.</div>
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I am from Texas. <b>The Stars Are Big & Bright</b> (deep in the heat of Texas) was made with several star motifs, re-purposed items and lots of hand quilting and embellishment. </div>
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<b>Thunder Heart</b> was inspired by a 1992 western film. A star from a piece of old patchwork is in the sky. At the bottom is prairie grass, tepees and buffalo.</div>
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<b>Australian </b>is made with Australian motif fabric. When I first looked at the fabric I interpreted the patterns and figures with a "Western" mind. I then researched the patterns and found very different meanings in the patterns. Interesting...... I beaded the circular dotted patterns in the fabric and as usual, added lots of other embellishment and hand work. </div>
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<b>Pat</b>: I did not complete a piece for tonight but plan to make one from this fabric. My family had many beach cottages at Horseneck Beach in MA. One by one over time they were destroyed by hurricanes. The last one went in Hurricane Bob. A couple of days after that storm, I went with other family members to see what was left. A corner of this piece of fabric was sticking up out of the sand. I remembered as a child, hiding under one of the old, metal spring beds. This one-time summer bed cover was laid between the old springs and the mattress (I guess to protect the mattress). It is now quite forlorn but has a great history, It was made from old feedsacks and appliqued with butterflies. The rust stains from the bedsprings are now part of its history. I plan to use it in a quilt to preserve those memories. </div>
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<b>Joan: </b>When we decided on this idea for our inspiration, I knew right away what I wanted to do. My bed is right under a window and each morning when I wake up, I pull the curtain aside to see what the day is like, As I search the sky for sunshine, clouds or *lately* snow, I think, "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."<br />
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I took a photo from my window using the angle I see when I look out from my bed, I then printed it on fabric and quilted it. The quote from the scripture is printed along the side.<br />
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I added "curtains" with some organza. Inspired by the movement in the fashions of Project Runway, I left if free so that it would move with a breeze or when someone walks by.<br />
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<b>Pat:</b> I am a project behind so brought my "feminine" piece that was due last time. I was inspired by the strength of women and by my own challenges of late. On the day I made this piece, it was Friday the 13th, it was the day I officially became a free and single woman, I was rushing around trying to get health care before the closing deadline and it was home inspection day. A long day but I made it through.<br />
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<b>Marcia</b>:<b> "In the Beginning"</b>as in "<span class="highl">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.</span> ...... and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.…..." I wanted to create the water vision inspired by that passage. I used many different fabric types from hand dyed to velvet and commercial with variety of fiber content. I collaged them raw edge. The piece also contains tulle, beads, fabric paint and crystals.<br />
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<b>Cathey</b>: I also had the Genesis passage in mind. I wanted to represent the earth as it was forming. ".....The earth was formless and void, and darkness......." I made the background from black felt and the earth from hand dyed fabrics. The new stars forming in the heavens are broaches & buttons from my grandmother. I quilted chaotic swirls in the black "void."</div>
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<b>Melanie</b>: <b>"Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord."</b> That is the piece of scripture that inspired this piece. I pieced the background in light neutrals and added hand dyed and commercial colored fabrics in the center. I printed some musical notes on fabric and added those then quilted in gold thread, an angle playing a harp. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Shelia Rae</b>: From the gospel of Thomas - "Split a piece of wood: I am there. Lift a stone, and you will find me there." That quote is also in the movie, "Stigmata" and was considered heresy by the Catholic Church. </div>
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<b>Joan:</b> I made another piece using my enhanced zinnia photo. This one is titled "Zinnia Zowie." I made it for last month's Quilting Arts reader challenge. This time I tried something new for the binding - a piece if frayed organza type fabric. I like the added texture. There is some foil embellishment at the top of the flower. </div>
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<b>Marcia</b>: "<b>Going Up"</b> This is a piece I finished based on Judith Lazerele's strip piecing technique. As usual, I added a few button embellishments. </div>
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<b>Pat:</b> This is a quilt I quilted on my longarm. It was made by URI pharmacy students and will hang on a wall in the pharmacy building. </div>
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<b>"The Dawn"</b> this piece is heavily beaded and contains a laminated elephant. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-74115195296929706152015-02-10T17:58:00.004-08:002015-02-10T17:58:55.070-08:00Marcia Juried into Slater<h2>
Congratulations to Marcia! </h2>
Marcia's piece of a tree in the rain and fog was accepted into the 72nd Connecticut juried artists exhibit at the <a href="http://www.slatermuseum.org/page.cfm?p=1213" target="_blank">Slater Museum in Norwich. </a><br />
The exhibit runs February 8 through March 20, 2015 <br />
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Melanie:<b> Three Dresses</b><br />
What is more feminine than a dress. I look upon them with nostalgia because I seldom have occasion to wear them these days. My piece is three dresses moving/dancing in the breeze on the line. It is a Gelli plate print with organza overlay and Shiva paintstick enhancement. .<br />
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Joan: <b>Malala</b><br />
I am a huge admirer of this young woman. She has such amazing courage and strength. This piece is a photo of Malala that I manipulated - posterized - then printed on fabric, I added a dimensional butterfly to represent re-birth and one of Malala's quotes as her heart. The quote was formed into a heart shape and printed on organza. The background is quilted but I chose to leave her image unquilted to allow it to come forward. The edge is serged.<br />
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Cathey: <b>Aboriginal Girl</b><br />
I was inspired when I found a picture on line of a young Aboriginal girl. I really enjoyed creating her using hand dyed fabric for her face, black fleece for her hair, gold tulle for highlights and ice-dyed fabric for her lips and for the background. I also like the close-up, cropped perspective of the picture.<br />
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I recently completed a mixed media course at the Rhode Island School of Design. Color palette was a big part of the class. In the C<b>olor Study</b> piece below, I used lessons learned from that course as well as the value of good cropping.<br />
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Hope:<b> Rejoice!</b></div>
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My piece was inspired by a photo of my niece who was celebrating at a wedding with sparklers at night. It was a joyful occasion and my niece and the photo captured the joy so well. In the piece, the sparklers are represented by beads. The moon is a type of organza I had - very silvery. </div>
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Marcia:<b> Sorority Days</b></div>
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When I think of women, I think of my college sorority sisters. In my piece, I used the colors and symbols of my UCONN sorority, Pi Beta Phi. Even though I have a huge fabric stash, I had to search the shops for just the right color of blue and wine red that are the sorority colors. Our pin was an arrow. In addition to attaching the actual pin, I re-created it in gold fabric, The loose threads represent the many roads we have all taken since graduation. </div>
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In addition to the group themed project, I made another one called<b> First Night</b>. I used some blue and gold fabric I had and added blue and gold embellishments of ribbon, braiding, buttons etc. I also hand embroidered several of the motifs with gold threads. </div>
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Shelia Rae: <b>Momma Sees You</b></div>
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This piece was inspired by what I see in my neighborhood. It is not always a pretty sight. The piece includes eyeglass pieces I found on the street. I decoupaged pictures in the frames. Lucy's is where I work. I used a belt buckle for the storefront. The Goya bottle caps and religious images are a nod the the prevalent Catholic, Hispanic culture. There are even a couple of hookers and drug dealers. As always, lots of handwork, beads and other embellishment. </div>
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<b>"Giving Thought to the Flight"</b> Is a piece in appreciation to this group of textile artists who have appreciated, encouraged and inspired me. It is a old crewel pillow top that I had made into something previously. With the groups inspiration, I have remade the piece to be more contemporary and with better workmanship. I sprayed the crewel embroidery with pink, then sparkly paint. </div>
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<b>Winter Just Keeps Dragon On</b> includes - what else - dragons! The backing is also dragon fabric. The background is a pieced remnant given to me. I painted the plastic trees sliver and added lots of other embellishment. </div>
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<b>Star Route Texas</b> is how we described the address of homes that were in the remote sticks. This is how I think of trying to get to my aunt's house in rural Texas. There is a lot of dense hand quilting in this one.</div>
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I love the old forts in the Texas area. They were my inspiration for <b>Cliff Palac</b>e. The fabric for the fort really looks like adobe. I added black tulle behind the building to make the building come to the foreground. I found some shell buttons that made perfect rocks and little plastic trees that I painted and added. </div>
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<b>M-O-O-N spells Moon</b> - is a line from a Stephen King movie and was the inspiration for this piece. The upper left corner has found holograms of rocket ships from the 50's. </div>
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<b>Shelia Rae:</b><br />
I have several things to show because I missed a couple of meetings and re-made a couple of pieces.<br />
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<b>Complementary Colors</b><br />
This is my piece for the complementary colors challenge. I chose orange and blue. It includes many hand sewn embellishments.<br />
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<b>Bird is the Word</b><br />
This incorporates the music and paper challenges. The singing birds are hand stamped. Much of the content for this piece was inspired by my son.<br />
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<b>Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House</b><br />
This is another one inspired by music, "Our House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House...."<br />
The centerpiece is a painted silk scarf. I added stamped letters, Angelina fiber around the fireplace, and lots of embellishments and hand stitching. The entire piece is covered with yellow tulle.<br />
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<b>I Want My Planet Back</b><br />
Another song. This one sung by the Techno Brothers. It actually glows in the dark. I added rings and hand stitching around the glow-in-the-dark stars. I spray painted the buttons before adding them. It even incorporates a little "string theory."<br />
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<b>Dreaming of a Pink Marble Bathroom</b><br />
This was an older piece that I tore apart and re-made with better workmanship. I started with some orphan blocks made by an unknown woman. I used stamps, pink spray paint and markers to transform it.<br />
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I am from Texas where there are many tornadoes. A friend of mine lost her newly purchased home in one of them. It is a tribute to her spirit and optimism that she re-built and when finished told us that she now had the pink marble bathroom she had always dreamed of.<br />
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<b>RonJon's Funeral</b><br />
This is another re-do. It commemorates my brother's funeral. He was a biker and his Harley "brothers" turned out in force for his funeral. The peppermint schnapps bottles along the bottom are a nod to the ones that were tossed back then thrown into his casket as they filed by.<br />
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I started with an angel panel, then over-dyed the blue CD fabric. I used glue to attach the CD (Stevie Ray Vaughn, "Double Trouble,"), Harley eagle, bullets, earrings and the Harley Bell. I added some pink glitter over the top then covered it all in organza to help hold it all together.<br />
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<b>Pat</b><br />
This first piece is a <b>Zentangle snowflake</b> I made for the SAQA tree at the New Britain Museum of American Art.<br />
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<b>Cathey</b><br />
I decided to re-interpret an older piece (the first one) of thread painted leaves. The second picture is my new leaves piece made with a Gelli print on ice dyed fabric. I used copper and gold metallic paints over leaf masks.<br />
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<b>Hope</b><br />
This is a fabric collage based on a photo. I started it a couple of years ago in a Pam Mostek class and have been working on it intermittently ever since. I think it is finally coming along.<br />
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I also finished a wedding quilt I have been trying to complete for my friends moving from Costa Rica to Colorado. I used colors that reminded me of Colorado.<br />
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This is an experimental piece of fabric. I started with black fabric and used Jacquard discharge paste through leaf stencils. Once the color was removed, I ice dyed that fabric. It created a beautiful almost batik effect.<br />
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<b>Marcia</b><br />
This a piece of flowered fabric I had and really liked. I decided to showcase the gloxinia by using heavy beading and stitching embellishment. I framed it and it was on exhibit at a gardening show.<br />
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My newly finished piece started life as a watercolor quilt. The technique using tiny squares in a gradation of color to achieve a watercolor effect. I decided it would make a great background for added embellishment. I added yo yo's, ribbon, lace, button and other embellishments to add more interest.<br />
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<b>Quiet Time I & II</b><br />
This is a pair of Gelli prints I had for a while. I used heavy quilting to highlight the patterns, bound the pieces in silk and mounted them on painted canvas.<br />
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<b>Joan</b><br />
I started with a piece of fabric I clamped, discharged, and over-dyed in an Elin Noble class. I loved the orange "moons." I added a lot of linear lines stitched with a variety of threads.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217146967474982027.post-36571776158579834042014-10-05T12:21:00.001-07:002014-10-05T12:21:44.793-07:00Empty Spaces Project3 of our members - Shelia Rae, Joan & Melanie - are exhibiting at the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEmptySpacesProjectPutnamCt" target="_blank"> Empty Spaces Project Gallery</a> in Putnam, CT for the month of October.<br />
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<b>Joan: </b><b>Blackbird</b> - I listen to Pandora a lot and have been listening to "Blackbird" by the Beatles. I love that song! Recently I was out walking on the Mansfield airport walking path and a beautiful red-winged blackbird landed on one of the fence posts. I was able to get a great photo which I printed on fabric, stitched and framed. I included some of the words to the song on the back of the frame.<br />
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<b>Pat: The Sound of the Sea - </b>I do not read or play music but to me, the ocean is music. I made some "silk paper" from silk waste and other fibers. I then mounted it onto a piece of Mickey Lawlor skye dye fabric, added lace for sea foam and a few other embellishments before quilting it all. If you look closely, you can see that I quilted in the words, "The sound of the sea soothes my soul."<br />
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<b>Hope: Feel the Music</b> - This piece represents how music makes me feel. When I am listening to music I love, it makes me really happy and I feel that joy with my whole body. The background is a piece of digitally printed fabric I purchased at a recent quilt show. I made the figure from some music fabric that I overdyed orange. The green is raw edge applique. I printed the motifs with a thermofax screen. Other embellishments are stars from Angelina film and fusible thread with foil.<br />
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<b>Marcia -</b> Music is not my favorite thing, especially when it is too loud, but for the sake of art I proceeded. I had been wanting to make something with black, white and red so I got my fabric out and got started. Some of the fabric has teapots and sewing machines. Those things sing to me! There is lots of music motif fabric in here too. And then I got to do my favorite thing - embellish with buttons, beads and ribbons! I even found musical beads. The group thought the black and white was inspired by piano keys. <br />
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<b>Melanie: Gray Guitar</b> - Music plays a large role in my life. In my house there are more musical instruments than I care to count. One of my favorite fiber art subjects is the guitar. This one was made from a piece of ice dyed fabric with the background discharged then whitewashed around the guitar shape.<br />
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