I received the first quilt for the "Blog It " exhibition yesterday from Uta . Such a difference seeing the real quilt, this one interpreting Escher . This exhibition is going to evoke a lot of interest . I am already enthused even though it is more than a year away .Thanks Uta .

Munter sampler

I don't think I'll ever be happy with this as a finished piece - it's far too flat, but as a sampler it's been a great exercise in creating lines. I have used:

• negative space between fabrics
• fabric
• lines as shading
• controlled machine stitching
• free machine stitching
• and a washing line, just because

I cited Terry Grant as a source of inspiration for this piece and I'm now even more in awe of her work as a result of this exercise. 

Gabriele Munter - Breakfast of the Birds

Whilst the emotional content of this image appealed to me, I see an artist content with her simple life, for me this challenge has been driven totally by exploring technique.

Munter didn't shy away from dark outlines, similar to those in pieces by US quilter Terry Grant and I saw an opportunity to play with creating similar marks in my piece for this challenge.

On reflection I didn't necessarily choose the best Munter work for the exercise but it's been interesting - so far. 

I've used applique, outline stitching and free machining so far but unfortunately still have some way to go. There's a whole table to fill, lot's of external detail to complete and lots more stitching to do.

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Next one to choose …

   The one to choose the next artist after Lurçat is Claire.

The Next Artist Is …

   I have found it very difficult to choose an artist, though I have had several in mind for months, and as I am typing this I am still torn between two, but here goes … the next artist is Jean Lurçat. He was a painter, ceramist and tapestry designer, creating the cartoons for hundreds of tapestries and overseeing the weaving process. He was instrumental in reviving the tapestry industy in Aubusson, France. I discovered his tapestry designs for the first time two years ago when I visited the tapestry museum in Aubusson, and  fell in love with them, especially his depiction of plants and animals. A few months later I was lucky enough to see an exhibition of his work at the Manufacture des Gobelins in Paris. 

Next one to choose...

I must have dreamt that I obliged by Hilary's request to pick the next one to choose an artist and only realized this morning that I had not done so. I apologize. The next one to choose is Jinnie. Looking forward to her choice... and hope to catch up with my delays (yes, plural) soon. 

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Hilary

GABRIELE MÜNTER

   

   I really liked Gabriele Münter's woodblock prints, more so than the paintings, but despite that none of them  inspired me to make a quilt. However the shapes of the trees in 'Haus mit Tannen im Schnee' gave me an idea that I sketched. I took this and some print outs of others of her works on holiday in the hope that I might have some other ideas. Whilst I was away I did a one day monoprint class at the Hot Bed Press in Salford, basically just experimenting with mark making and different ways of using monoprint. I decided to try a simple torn paper mask in the shape of the sketches I had drawn, and I have used that shape on my quilt. At first I thought of stenciling it with markal, but realized I would have had to let it dry a day or two, and I only had a short time to make the quilt after coming back from holiday last weekend. In the end I chose to appliqué it using a fabric I printed for another project, but which I did not use in the end, and a sheer black fabric. I used the latter as I wanted the print to show through from the background fabric.

The next artist

Uta, please can you pick a name from this list for them to choose the next artist:

Dianne, Jinnie, Claire, Allison and Rosemary

I think I have got them correct...  Then the next person can announce the artist here on the blog.

Hilary