This "quilt" was in the Renwick museum in Washington, DC and I thought it was a good follow-up to the wooden quilt link. It's by John Garrett. The Renwick is a lovely craft museum and has quilts by Nancy Crow and Michael James. There are many forms of art - pottery, woodwork, sculpture, glass. I really enjoyed my visit there.
It's charming. Do I read it correctly that they are tiny little squares of needlework on different gauges of canvass? I see tapestries, needlepoint, ribbon work and I guess the squares and circles are solid pieces held in place by the ribbons? It looks as if it might have been quite big - a metre square?
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how absolutely gorgeous. i would love to be part of a challenge group where each one deconstructs and reconstructs the 'patchwork quilt.' i love this. thanks dianne. maybe after each one of us has taken a turn selecting a theme for our blog we could have this as a challenge for one project. how do you others feel? (and with permission of hilary of course)
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. Vasarely did some very brightly-coloured paintings with a similar design.
ReplyDeletePamela - I was wondering who was online! You don't need my permission for anything to do with this group - we go with the majority flow.
ReplyDeleteFor the kind of project you are talking about - have a look at the ByDesign group -
http://www.bydesigntextiles.co.uk/
Now I see Heather is there too - hi from England!
Hilary
Check out the work of Sonia and Robert Delaunay as well - great multi coloured circles and shapes. Hilary
ReplyDeleteThe piece is about 1 1/2 metres square. It's mostly metal - that ribbon work is metal strip. It must have been very hard to manipulate. You can see more of his work : http://chiaroscurosantafe.com/artists/9/3322/
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to do another single piece. Our banner is our first effort - and very successful I think
Oh wow - metal! Fun and different. Hilary
ReplyDeletelooked at the delauneys work and the website of bydesign textiles - now i am really fired up! i think this would be a great challenge. i see dianne agrees. let's see what the others think. i see you are still winking at me hil! have a great day
ReplyDeleteNice! Love the idea of a 'metal' quilt for one of our 12x12s. Maybe we could select all sorts of different materials for a series - metal, wood and plastic all come to mind.
ReplyDeleteLove where this is all leading..... up for the challenge!
ReplyDeleteFurther to this discussion, here is a website with work that relates to the design of this piece, all done in cloth. I'm not crazy about the designs of the individual squares, but I like the way the artist transitions the colours throughout the piece.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.erinwilsonquilts.com/work/
An interesting site Heather her use of colour is amazing. It also flags up how uncomfortable the metal 'quilt' made me feel!
ReplyDeleteI find her work delightful and cheerful - must be the colours. Thanks for the link, Heather. Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather. I found the pics in her "journal" section fun to look at. And thus I enjoyed the content of the squares.
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