Michele and I belong to a group in Ottawa called Out of the Box Fibre Artists. We have been given the challenge of producing a piece no bigger than 12" in any dimension for a show in an Ottawa-area library. The theme of the show is "Unsquare".
I made this piece as something of a follow-up to my Fresh challenge. It also relates to the large "It's All That..." piece I produced last May for the local medical centre. I tried to make the outer edge interesting, and to make the brighter fabrics luminous by setting them next to duller colours. I have always loved Janet Kurjan's piece, "Underwater Reflection", which you can see at www.thefiberconnection.com/janet.html.
The pieced cotton top was bonded to a Timtex stiffener, which was in turn bonded to black felt. The whole thing was stitched in the ditch. and then the edge was satin-stitched. It has been mounted on an 8" x 8" canvas, painted with black gesso, which will not be seen, but will serve to project it out from the wall about an inch. Wanted to avoid that "potholder look". It will be fun to see the other entries when we meet tomorrow evening.
Another outstanding piece - and so small! What fun you are having. Sounds like a very clever presentation, Heather. Good luck tomorrow evening.
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BTW If others want to follow the link to the piece Heather mentioned just leave the full stop off the end of the URL - it's so ingrained in us to end a sentence with a full stop!!!!
that's a neat unsquare square!
ReplyDeleteLovely piece - you have made the the brighter colours glow with you combinations. The empty space on the right is slightly unsettling - as though it may collapse? Maybe it's the Montreal concrete failures influencing me!
ReplyDeleteLove the unsquare shape of it Heather. Great idea of mounting it on the canvas to have it project from the wall. Love the colours too!
ReplyDeleteThat's really nice Heather. Love it, though I see what Dianne means about the 'missing' section. At least I don't have to worry about Montreal concrete anymore.
ReplyDeleteI can see the relationship with Janet Kurjan's piece but you have moved this on some! Will we have a photo of the work once it is mounted? This sounds like a good solution.
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This really glows Heather and gives such an intense contrast for the focal point. Can't wait to see all the detail up close and all the great fabrics.
ReplyDeleteFab piece. Agree, great idea with the mounting.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to see a mini "it's all that".
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