This quilt is inspired by the bark of the Madrone tree, featured in the book "Bark" by Cedric Pollet, a fabulous gift from my friend Deborah Kemball. When I received the book, I immediately knew that a quilt would result, and "structure" was the perfect theme. Who knew that tree bark could be so beautiful? Using my own hand dyed textured fabrics, I reverse appliqued the different layers, then machine quilted the piece.
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Monday, 28 February 2011
Madrone - aka Tree Structure
This quilt is inspired by the bark of the Madrone tree, featured in the book "Bark" by Cedric Pollet, a fabulous gift from my friend Deborah Kemball. When I received the book, I immediately knew that a quilt would result, and "structure" was the perfect theme. Who knew that tree bark could be so beautiful? Using my own hand dyed textured fabrics, I reverse appliqued the different layers, then machine quilted the piece.
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Love it, Marion. I was given the book for Christmas and almost every page is a quilt crying out to be made. The colours are wonderful.
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A great quilt from a fascinating book - it looks great Helena.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to me that something so organic can also imply structure, or rather "de-structure".
ReplyDeleteTrees lend themselves to so many forms of art, and yours inspires me to dig out all my old photos of bark.
ReplyDeletehave also seen this great piece in the flesh! another terrifc interpretation by helena. so abstract and yet not - great use of color and stitch. i love it dear!
ReplyDeleteA clever interpretation of tree bark. I too own this book and drool over the images, but had not been able to work out a satisfactory way to translate those images to fabric!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the book reviewed I knew I had to send it to you and now you know why! A gorgeous piece of work. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteTrees and their bark talk to me! Great interpretation.
ReplyDeleteThe colors and the texture draw me into the piece looking for more surprises. Thank you for sharing your interpretation of the cover photo of this amazing book!
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