Material ARTistry
- 5 member group
at their DIVA show November 2008
at their DIVA show November 2008
Throughout my life I
have “played” with many different mediums - oils,
watercolor, jewelry, clay, and my favorite-bronze
sculpture.
It wasn’t until I was goaded into taking a quilt class thirteen years ago, that my passion was fully realized. A whole new world opened for me through fiber, and I have never looked back.
I love fiber art because of the visceral effect it has on me. I love being able to touch and manipulate the layers of color and texture. Fiber connects with my heart and soul, my emotions run freely. In my work, I draw from these emotions and my life experiences. No where has this happened more for me than in my recent work “Screaming Red.”
It wasn’t until I was goaded into taking a quilt class thirteen years ago, that my passion was fully realized. A whole new world opened for me through fiber, and I have never looked back.
I love fiber art because of the visceral effect it has on me. I love being able to touch and manipulate the layers of color and texture. Fiber connects with my heart and soul, my emotions run freely. In my work, I draw from these emotions and my life experiences. No where has this happened more for me than in my recent work “Screaming Red.”
This piece has taken
my art to a whole new level. It truly was “process
art.” I used fabric in ways I haven’t
before-cutting, tearing, burning, and ripping the
emotions right out of my body and into my sewing
machine. In this state of raw emotion, I created a
number of panels.
When I looked at these panels together, their layers and shapes began coming together, re-awakening my sculpture background and melding with my quilted fiber medium. Suddenly, I was sculpting a form, that embodied all the emotions of the individual panels.
This process and piece has opened up new possibilities for me, inspiring me to create outside of the quilted box, tuning into my love of sculpture and fiber. I am very excited to see where this new series takes me.
When I looked at these panels together, their layers and shapes began coming together, re-awakening my sculpture background and melding with my quilted fiber medium. Suddenly, I was sculpting a form, that embodied all the emotions of the individual panels.
This process and piece has opened up new possibilities for me, inspiring me to create outside of the quilted box, tuning into my love of sculpture and fiber. I am very excited to see where this new series takes me.
Artist
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Material ARTistry
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Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA) - Oregon
Fiber Artists - Pacific NW Quilters