I have written up the story of this quilt on a blog attached to my website. No, I am not about to start blogging but I thought this might be one way of keeping a record of the trials and tribulations of my quilt making. Here's a detail which includes bar codes, my QR code and Braille.
You can read the rest of the story here: http://hilarygooding.weebly.com/blog.html
Hilary
What an terrific idea and art piece! You amaze me at the layering, detail and workmanship in your creations. Brilliant! How big is the finished work? Please give us more detail as to when and where this exhibition will be.
ReplyDeleteCan not wait to see this. So nice to read the inspiration for a piece and how your process evolves with the work. Stunning results!!
ReplyDeleteVery exciting to follow along with your process, Hilary: the blog is a great idea. Am very much looking forward to seeing the finished piece with its beautiful layering, and learning more about the show as a whole. Codes have always fascinated me.
ReplyDeleteDo take a look at the Bletchley Park website -http://www.bletchleypark.org/ It is a fascinating place and very British, in that such an important part of our modern history is dependent on donations and volunteers, and feels like that when you visit!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant Hilary. Can't wait to see the exhibition - I must note the dates in my diary.
ReplyDeleteHilary, this is amazing! And chronicling your work on a blog is a great idea. There was a movie recently about the code breakers. Can't remember the name of the film or who was in it, but it was a fascinating story for people like me who didn't know anything about it before.
ReplyDeletehillary - this is wonderful. i cannot wait to see a photo of it once finished. i love the use of the thermofax screens, i am dying to have some made. rayna gillman uses them so well in her work. are your thermofaxes of the barcode and the QR code single images and then you can place them where you would like to or did they do a whole screen for you? i love your trapunto work to make the dots stand out and of course the use of the smarties on the back is the cherry on the top!
ReplyDeletewell done on a well thought out outstanding piece of work
Pamela, I had two medium sized screens made - one for each so that I could place the images as close or as spread as I liked. They are great things to work with and should last 'for ever'. I have a greyscale one of a rose bud - very effective. The only thing to remember is that if you use acrylic paint you must wash them IMMEDIATELY. Thickened dye and proper silk screen ink are better.
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