This
is a long post, a documentation of “Seven Create”, a seven panel
wall hanging, created by the seven members of the Northern Ontario
Fibre Artists.
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Seven
Create has been juried into the Canadian Quilters Association's
National Juried Show.
It
will be on display at:
Quilt
Canada 2014
St. Catharines (Niagara Region)
ONTARIO
June 11 - 14, 2014,
St. Catharines (Niagara Region)
ONTARIO
June 11 - 14, 2014,
The
following write-up by our member, Marie Black, has been displayed
along side our project “Seven Create” in two exhibitions and in a
newspaper article by Darlene Wroe, in The Temiskaming Speaker.
I
can't describe it any better.
By
Marie Black:
Our
goal was to create a large wall hanging, neutral in colour, with a
lot of texture. Terry designed the pattern and cut it into seven
sections.
Each
member brought pieces of neutral fabric to the table to be shared and
used in our pieces.
Additional
neutral fabrics and embellishments could be used and there were no
restrictions on theme or design.
We
worked independently on our sections off and on for a period of two
years.
For
the most part, none of us knew what the other persons were creating.
Finally,
in early 2013, we got a sneak preview of the designed and partially
completed sections.
The
final completed piece, “Seven Create”, took two years from the
time we started, to it's completion on May 25, 2013.
The
following are what each member had to say about participating in this piece as well as photos of each panel (photos by Calvin Knight), and a
close-up.
The write-ups are from the article in Temiskaming Speaker. Newspaper writer, Darlene Wroe asked each member to write about their inspiration and/or techniques.
Terry
Whyte - Kenogami
My
favourite quilting techniques all involve thread in one way or
another. If using the sewing machine, thread painting and
free-motion quilting and by hand, experimenting with a lot of
different embroidery stitches. These are all represented on my panel
as well as curved piecing, fabric manipulation and three-dimensional
leaves.
Marie Black - Englehart
Manie Mascioli - Timmins
The
inspiration for my section was circles. Circles create movement and
using a spiky circle helps to make them feel like they are spinning.
I used the horizontal lines which divide the piece to separate each
section into light, medium and dark values. I contrasted these
values in the spinning circles to create balance. I am a long arm
quilter, so I used stitch to create texture. We each shared a fat
quarter of fabric and I incorporated a piece of each fabric into the
circles to make the whole piece cohesive.
Jane Hughes - Timmins
Inspiration
for the piece came from a trip to Vancouver and a deadline looming.
The nature and arts communities in Vancouver were inspiring.
Techniques include: raw edge applique, mosaic tiles, stamping (city),
pleating, machine embroidery and buttons for additional texture.
Kit Ormsby - Kenogami
My
inspiration came from a desire to connect the three communities
represented by our members. I chose: an early picture of the
Englehart train station, an outline of Kenogami Lake and a picture of
the MacIntyre Mine head from in Timmins. I printed the pictures onto
fabric, highlighting them with ink and thread. I then used a variety
of texture, abstract shapes and embellishments to complete the piece.
To make the connection across the three areas I included a version
of “Flying geese” and refer to my individual piece as “Birds of
a Feather!”
Silvia Bos - Englehart
This
textural panel gave me an opportunity to try many techniques. I had
a plan for the top and bottom sections, but it took me a while to
create an idea for the middle that would work. Once I was inspired,
I was able to continue and finish the overall design. Some of the
techniques used are pleating, weaving, rusting fabric, burning,
machine and hand-stitching, embroidery, beading, fabric manipulation,
and embellishment. I was very pleased when all our pieces came
together and how wonderful it looked.
Karen Pilch - Englehart
I
am inspired by nature's ability to heal itself. In my piece I have
woven a tree from wool, silk and cotton yarns. The roots are twined
into the earth and the trunk and branch rise up the side. I have
hand-stitched the fields and embroidered shrubs, flowers and grasses
adding beads and buttons. The treed area is trapuntoed and the tree
trunks are straws wrapped in fabric. The sun or moon is embellished
with beads and some foil. The whole piece is hand and
machine-quilted.
Seven Create hung in two local exhibitions, at The Englehart and Area Historial Museum and the Cobalt Classic Threatre.
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| Terry, Marie, Jane, Kit, Silvia,Karen (Marnie was absent)
The Northern Ontario Fibre Artists are Marie Black, Silvia Bos, Jane Hughes, Marnie Mascioli, Kit Ormsby, Karen Pilch, Terry Whyte from three northern communities, Timmins, Englehart and Kenogami.
The whole piece - all seven panels - measures approximately 10 feet across and 55 inches tall.
Linking up to Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday
Happy Quilting
Terry
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