The blocks are 12 inch square and made of strips of plywood glued together, approx half inch in thickness. Very solid and quite weighty. This is because some may use mosaics or similar mediums. This means that I will probably work on fabric and stretch it across like an artists canvas. Still umming and aahing!!
During our National Quilt Festival which was held in July this year we had an incident and one of the husbands of one of our quilters went beyond the call of duty to assist. With this in mind the committee wanted to recognise and show appreciation for this act and asked that I make a 'Quilters Star' award. I was asked to use a 4" square artists canvas and I had carte blanche! Being caught in the moment I said yes!
After much mulling around and going no where, I decided to work on two and they could take it from there. They also were under no obligation to accept either.
These are the results.....
Ultimately I had great fun and have been inspired to do a small series (different theme) working on a slightly larger artists canvas. 4" is really very small but quirky.
Needless to say I have not started, however, I have just received an open request from one of our local galleries calling for 'local artists' to take part in their annual 'Buzz Art' exhibition. You buy a canvas (or 2 or more) from them for a nominal fee, use any medium to create your piece of art and it goes on show and you may put it up for purchase if interested.
Closing date 17th November ...... so watch this space!
I have finally got round to adding more leaves to flow across the binding so it looks more natural. I see I have left some marking lines on a couple of leaves which I will remove. Much happier now!
