Quilt Documentation # 126
Remember this ?
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| Sneak peek from a couple of weeks ago |
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| Red Vortex |
Red Vortex was accepted in the 6th Annual Juried
Contemporary Art Exhibition 2013 at our local Museum in Kirkland Lake. Approximately half of the pieces
entered were juried in. The theme for the show is Digging Abstract. Although it did not place but I'm always
so happy just to be juried into any shows.
A friend also entered a fibre piece
into this show and she tied for the Viewer's Choice award. It seems
that we (as fibre artists) are making progress with being accepted into the “Art World".
Construction
I started with a small cotton piece
that I dyed using the shaving cream method, some black cotton, and a red
snow dyed fat quarter.
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| supplies |
I first made a quilt sandwich and then
cut the small monoprint into strips and applied them to the black
cotton and stitched it down using a red-purple variegated thread. I
kept echo quilting in a random wavy design.
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| quilting on monoprint |
To tie the curves to the centre I
decided to paint 3 of the rows, starting with a coat of gesso and then using
a fabric paint mixed to match the centre.
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| painted with gesso |
I then thread painted 3 rows of using
the same variegated thread and then quilted the remaining curves with
a semi circular design to try and give them some shape.
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| detail |
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| detail |
I added a facing and stitched it to the
back.
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| before appliqued onto background |
When I placed it on my red fabric I decided it needed something
to tie the two together, so I extended the rings onto the background.
I layered my red fabric, batting and back and quilted it all with
straight lines except for the “rings”. I painted those with
Tsukineko ink.
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| background quilt |
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| Red Vortex |
I added a binding strip on each side
and then finished the top and bottom as a facing.
The “black quilt” was then
appliqued to the top of the “red quilt”.
A sleeve and a label were also added.
It measures 20” x 24”.
I will link up to The Needle and Thread Network and Nina Marie Sayre's Off the Wall Friday.
Happy quilting,
Terry
16 comments:
It's beautiful!
Wow,Terry, I'm going to start following you, this piece is totally wild. I am a thread painter, doing all sorts of things and working full time as well. Thanks for sharing, love the threads, quilting and all are good to know as we all grow forward.
Terry, a favor would be the ability to follow you via inbox? Is it possible?
Wonderful organic shapes and colouring!
Stunning!!!!!!
Wow, ok, what a fabulous piece, such a visual impact. Great work. And congrats on getting it into a juried show.
an interesting piece -- it reminds me of the opening of a tv series from years back -- The Time Machine (not the movie)...
Congratulations on being juried into the show. Fifty percent acceptance (or thereabouts) is very good! Your piece is very powerful, and I appreciate your describing the process for creating your graduated 'rings'.
Hi Caroline: I'm not sure. I don't know what that means.
Terry
I like it how you combined the top quilt with the background quilt.
Congrats!! love love the red!
It's so beautiful. I'm glad you included so many process photos. When you have used fo many different and intricate steps, it's like you are 'building" a quilt...
I love the painted lines that continue the curved shape, and it's interesting that you started that early in the process.
Incredible energy in this quilt! Congratulations!
What a fantastic work of art, and thank you for showing how you go about creating.
Very nicely done!
The combination of the curves and the straight lines makes for a very nice composition. Red and black are good contrasts.
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