I am delighted with the wonderful news I received today. Meditation II - in the Forest has been accepted into the PAQA South 2009 Spring Exhibit- ARTQUILTStransitions! The exhibit runs April 17 - June 7, 2009 at the Durham Arts Council in Durham, NC and June 25 - August 2, 2009 at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary, NC. I am so excited!!!
You can see a photo of the quilts in my earlier post: http://www.quiltrobin.com/blog/2009/01/meditation-ii-in-the-forest-is-done.html
Here's the little piece I made for SAQA's Trunk Show. This exhibit is a great idea, and I am so pleased for the opportunity to contribute this little piece of me. It was nice to do something small, and kind of cool NOT to have to finish the edges because the pieces will be matted with and 8x8 opening. My only frustration - when I was done quilting, it was done. It told me it was done. I hung it on my design wall and thought about it for several days, but it was still done! I wanted to embellish it, but it doesn't need it and there simply isn't room for it. This is very amusing to me, since I usually can find a reason to embellish ANYTHING. At one time there was a family joke: don't sit down at Robin's house - she'll glue something to you!
Here's the statement I sent with it:
This small quilt represents both me and my style in many ways.We (the quilt and I) are colorful, vibrant, intense, a bit complicated (over 30 pieces of fabric in an 8” square!), all over the place (the quilting), and sparkly. I’m not sure which I like better, bright colors or sparkly things, so I use both generously in all of my creative work, including my quilts, sketchbooks, decorative painting, etc. Typically, I would bind a quilt like this one in black and white fabrics. That’s a little joke about me, because sometimes, I tend to be bound up in black and white! I adore brilliant color; it doesn’t matter what color so long as it is bright, intense, vivid, and bold. Things that sparkle first caught my eye very early in my life, and haven’t let go yet. I rarely make anything that does not include sparkle in some way, whether in metallic paints shiny or metallic threads, shimmering fabrics, beads, or crystals. I piece my way to the intricacy I so love by stacking fabrics, slashing and reassembling them, and repeating the process many times.
Ann Flaherty just published a small selection of the wonderful responses to her E Pluribus Unum II Challenge, including my quilt Warhol Family Matzoh Ball Soup, on her Cultural Cloth website. All of the challenge quilts will ultimately be published on the QuiltArt website. I will update this link when the entire exhibit is available for online viewing. Ann is also busy making arrangements for this special exhibit to travel. Your comments on her site will be a great help in arranging venues to show this work.
Ann challenged the members of the QuiltArt, the Internet's largest mailing list for contemporary art quilters, to create art quilts reflecting their cultural heritage. Each quilt was to be 14" square and include a photo transfer.
I really enjoyed participating in this challenge. The subject matter got me thinking and sketching about my cultural heritage in ways I had not previously considered. I was so excited when i finally got the idea for my quilt. This is the first quilt I have made using my own photography. In the process, I learned a lot more about photography and some cool tricks in Photoshop, too. My new favorite is the hue/saturation adjustment.
I am really looking forward to seeing all of the quilts in this exhibit. The quilts, along with their respective artists' statements, offer a touching and unique glimpse into the lives and hearts of the quiltmakers. Please be sure to take a look at this moving work at http://culturalcloth.wordpress.com/e-pluribus-unum-ii-cultures-in-cloth/.
Thank you, Ann, for all of your hard work and deep commitment in making this challenge and the resulting exhibit a reality. I am grateful for the opportunity to participate, and to show my work.
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