I won't make this post too wordy, cuz if you're anything like me, then you prefer the visuals... so here are my highlights of the work on show at Festival of Quilts 2013...
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| Once upon a spoon - Sue Bibby (left) (close-up - right) Art Quilts Category |
Sue Bibby's 'Once upon a spoon', fondly reminds me of the type of work we were encouraged to produce during my Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - a way of working/style that I'd personally like to revisit.
(Please excuse some of the poor photography-I took these photos on my iPhone, rather hurriedly in some cases-I'll take more care next time!)
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| A slight murmur of starlings - Janie Harvey-Douglas Pictorial Quilts Category (Highly Commended & Judges Choice) |
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| Flowerpecker - Stephanie Redfern Contemporary Quilts Category |
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| Flowerpecker - Stephanie Redfern (close-up) Contemporary Quilts Category |
I've seen Stephanie Redfern's work on show in previous exhibitions-it captures quite an audience. She works both in textiles and mixed media, "paint[ing] and print[ing her] fabrics using a variety of media, and construct[ing her] work using collage and stitch" creating books and hangings, amongst other things. (http://stephanieredfern.wordpress.com/about-stephanie-redfern/).
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| Whatever you say I am - Nina Lise Moen (left) (close-up - right) Contemporary Quilts Category (Highly Commended & Judges Choice) |
I like this method of creating shapes/figures from overlapping, semi-transparent 'blocks' of colour!
You may remember I saw Susan Chapman and her work back in March, at ICHF Event’s Sewing for Pleasure / Embroidery, Fashion & Stitch / Hobbycraft, and posted about how she was encouraging passers-by to sign their name onto a piece of plain white cotton, for use in a piece of collaborative work? Well here it is! (some of it anyway). There's my signature-on the waistline of the right-hand figure!!!
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| Susan Chapman Susan Chapman and Terrie Hitchcock: Evidence of bodies |
It's such a shame that the lighting at these exhibitions isn't better, I know that some of the artists really struggle... and it makes taking a decent photo near-on impossible.
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| Susan Chapman Susan Chapman and Terrie Hitchcock: Evidence of bodies |
I love the simplicity of some of Susan's work, especially in these pieces-'The written word', where handwriting is overlapped; 'Fingerprints' and 'Making your mark', self-explanatory.
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| Terrie Hitchcock Susan Chapman and Terrie Hitchcock: Evidence of bodies |
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| Any colour you like - Bethan Ash Through our hands curated by Annabel Rainbow and Laura Kemshall |
I'm a great fan of colour, so this piece(s) by Bethan Ash satisfied me immensely! I love the movement within her work-all created using fabric.
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| Botallack Mine - Elizabeth Barton Through our hands curated by Annabel Rainbow and Laura Kemshall |
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| Der dah whoosh - Linda Onions In the spotlight Exhibition |
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| Der dah whoosh - Linda Onions (close-up) In the spotlight Exhibition |
A great use of 'the vanishing point' in Linda Onion's 'Der Dah Whoosh'-really effective don't you think?! I love the texture achieved by in the actual print and the way Linda has enhanced this with simple hand stitch.
'What's your line' by Fiona Macaulay Davies takes me back to when I studied graphic design and demonstrates and excellent collaboration of specialisms.
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| Shoreline - Christine Restall The Quilters Guild, Contemporary Quilts Group, Horizons 2013 Exhibition |
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| New Horizons - Ann Louise Williams (left) (close-up - right) The Quilters Guild, Contemporary Quilts Group, Horizons 2013 Exhibition |
Thanks for dropping by,
Abby :-)
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