Preamble
Art Quilts have featured on this blogspot and so for your convenience I have listed below previous posts in this series:
Art Quilts - Part I
Art Quilts - Part II
Art Quilts - Part III
Art Quilts - Part IV
Art Quilts - Part V
Art Quilts - Part VI
Art Quilts - Part VII
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part I
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part II
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part III
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part I
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part II
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part III
Art Quilts of Jane Sassaman
Art Quilts of Michael A. Cummings
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part IV
Introduction
Art Quilts and ArtCloth has been with us for centuries. The medium of cloth enables artists to bring together different hues, techniques and concepts that would be stifled by the use of other media. It has grown from craft to art and it has done so seamlessly and without the usual fanfare when our male counterparts create a new art genre. It is mainly female focussed since we are such creative beings that when we were the gatherers and collectors we decided early in the piece that life would be so boring if our bedding, our clothes and cloth only had a functional purpose. Instead we demanded so much more that we made our bedding into Art Quilts, our clothes into wearable art and transformed our cloth into ArtCloth. In other words females created new art genres. It so no wonder we love our Art Quilts and our ArtCloths.
Art Quilts - Part VII[1]
Title: The Teapot/High Priestess: Card #2 in the Kitchen Tarot (1998).
Artist: Susan Shie.
Materials and Techniques: Fabric, fabric paint, jewellery, beads, wood, buttons, Indian handbags, lace, leather; painted, hand sewn, embroidered, airbrushed, and appliquéd.
Size: 87 x 55 inches (2.2 x 1.4 m).
Photograph courtesy of Brian Blauser.
Title: Flying Free #2 (1995).
Artist: Caryl Bryer Fallert.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton; hand dyed, painted, machine pieced and quilted.
Size: 93 x 82 inches (2.4 x 2.1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Title: Free Fall (2004).
Artist: Jeanette Gilks.
Materials and Techniques: Commercial cottons, upholstery materials; layered, machine stitched and embroidered, appliquéd, reverse appliquéd.
Size: 49 x 49 inches (1.2 x 1.2 m).
Photograph courtesy of Stephanie Stein.
Title: Moonlight (2007).
Artist: Jane Burch Cochran.
Materials and Techniques: Various fabrics, beads, buttons, paint, glove, doilies, embroidery thread; machine pieced and appliquéd, hand appliquéd and quilted.
Size: 77 x 61 inches (2 x 1.6 m).
Photograph courtesy of Pam Monfort.
Title: Crown of Crazy (2002).
Artist: Pamela Allen.
Materials and Techniques: Recycled and commercial fabrics, beads, safety pins, plastic eggs and fruit, stuffed elements; hand raw-edge appliqué, machine quilted, embellished.
Size: 53 x 40 inches (1.4 x 1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Title: Affirmation Quilt (2006).
Artist: Therese May.
Materials and Techniques: Fabric, acrylic paint, fabric paint, buttons, jewels; machine appliquéd, machine quilted by Jenny Michel.
Size: 71 x 61 inches (1.8 x 1.6 m).
Photograph courtesy of Richard Johns.
Title: Ohio Star Bar/Inspiration of the Wing (2003).
Artist: John W. Lefelhocz.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, tulle net, printed paper, feathers; hand sewn.
Size: 58 x 65 inches (1.5 x 1.7 m).
Photograph courtesy of T. Craemer.
Title: Changing Planes (1992).
Artist: Miriam Nathan-Roberts.
Materials and Techniques: Cottons; machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted.
Size: 74 x 72 inches (1.9 x 1.8 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Title: Pele (2006).
Artist: Jenny Hearn.
Materials and Techniques: Commercial prints, hand-dyed silks, chiffons, cottons; machine pieced and appliquéd, hand and machine embroidered and quilted.
Size: 65 x 72 inches (1.7 x 1.8 m).
Photograph courtesy of Dion Cuyler.
Title: American Heritage Flea Market (1987).
Artist: Terrie Hancock Mangat.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, silk, buttons, beads, paint, pipe cleaners; photo transferred, hand embroidered, reverse appliquéd and appliquéd.
Size: 87 x 82 inches (2.2 x 2.1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Reference:
[1] M. Sielman, Masters: Art Quilts, Lark Books, New York (2008).
Art Quilts have featured on this blogspot and so for your convenience I have listed below previous posts in this series:
Art Quilts - Part I
Art Quilts - Part II
Art Quilts - Part III
Art Quilts - Part IV
Art Quilts - Part V
Art Quilts - Part VI
Art Quilts - Part VII
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part I
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part II
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part III
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part I
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part II
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part III
Art Quilts of Jane Sassaman
Art Quilts of Michael A. Cummings
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part IV
Introduction
Art Quilts and ArtCloth has been with us for centuries. The medium of cloth enables artists to bring together different hues, techniques and concepts that would be stifled by the use of other media. It has grown from craft to art and it has done so seamlessly and without the usual fanfare when our male counterparts create a new art genre. It is mainly female focussed since we are such creative beings that when we were the gatherers and collectors we decided early in the piece that life would be so boring if our bedding, our clothes and cloth only had a functional purpose. Instead we demanded so much more that we made our bedding into Art Quilts, our clothes into wearable art and transformed our cloth into ArtCloth. In other words females created new art genres. It so no wonder we love our Art Quilts and our ArtCloths.
Art Quilts - Part VII[1]
Artist: Susan Shie.
Materials and Techniques: Fabric, fabric paint, jewellery, beads, wood, buttons, Indian handbags, lace, leather; painted, hand sewn, embroidered, airbrushed, and appliquéd.
Size: 87 x 55 inches (2.2 x 1.4 m).
Photograph courtesy of Brian Blauser.
Artist: Caryl Bryer Fallert.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton; hand dyed, painted, machine pieced and quilted.
Size: 93 x 82 inches (2.4 x 2.1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Artist: Jeanette Gilks.
Materials and Techniques: Commercial cottons, upholstery materials; layered, machine stitched and embroidered, appliquéd, reverse appliquéd.
Size: 49 x 49 inches (1.2 x 1.2 m).
Photograph courtesy of Stephanie Stein.
Artist: Jane Burch Cochran.
Materials and Techniques: Various fabrics, beads, buttons, paint, glove, doilies, embroidery thread; machine pieced and appliquéd, hand appliquéd and quilted.
Size: 77 x 61 inches (2 x 1.6 m).
Photograph courtesy of Pam Monfort.
Artist: Pamela Allen.
Materials and Techniques: Recycled and commercial fabrics, beads, safety pins, plastic eggs and fruit, stuffed elements; hand raw-edge appliqué, machine quilted, embellished.
Size: 53 x 40 inches (1.4 x 1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Artist: Therese May.
Materials and Techniques: Fabric, acrylic paint, fabric paint, buttons, jewels; machine appliquéd, machine quilted by Jenny Michel.
Size: 71 x 61 inches (1.8 x 1.6 m).
Photograph courtesy of Richard Johns.
Artist: John W. Lefelhocz.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, tulle net, printed paper, feathers; hand sewn.
Size: 58 x 65 inches (1.5 x 1.7 m).
Photograph courtesy of T. Craemer.
Artist: Miriam Nathan-Roberts.
Materials and Techniques: Cottons; machine pieced, appliquéd and quilted.
Size: 74 x 72 inches (1.9 x 1.8 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Artist: Jenny Hearn.
Materials and Techniques: Commercial prints, hand-dyed silks, chiffons, cottons; machine pieced and appliquéd, hand and machine embroidered and quilted.
Size: 65 x 72 inches (1.7 x 1.8 m).
Photograph courtesy of Dion Cuyler.
Artist: Terrie Hancock Mangat.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, silk, buttons, beads, paint, pipe cleaners; photo transferred, hand embroidered, reverse appliquéd and appliquéd.
Size: 87 x 82 inches (2.2 x 2.1 m).
Photograph courtesy of artist.
Reference:
[1] M. Sielman, Masters: Art Quilts, Lark Books, New York (2008).
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