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
Introduction by Olga Prins-Lukowski (Molenschot, the Netherlands)[1]
Being a member of a jury is exciting. This time, everybody on the jury had their own shortlist, having seen all the pieces before actually coming together.
Some works were on everybody's list, but there was also a large diversity. A few works really jumped out at me. I can't always say why. Is it the composition or perhaps the colors. Or is it that some wroks have a message you 'get' on first view?
But everyone had their own experience of the selection process. Every jury member had their own preferences - and that resulted in a long discussion about strengths, composition, use of color etc. Every time I jury I learn from the process.
Another factor is that the exhibition must form a harmonious overview of the "State in the Art" in Europe.
In the end we came to an agreement to select the exhibition you are looking at, and I hope you will enjoy walking through it, whilst moving on the discussion about art, and in particular art quilts/textiles.
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part IV [1]
Quilter: Lia Flemings (Lommel, Belgium) [1].
Full View
Title: Catwalk (2014).
Materials: Black and white commercial cotton prints, 'Wonder Under', paper, soft structure, encaustic paint, embroidery thread, plasticised black netting (12 x 12 mm grid).
Technique: Encaustic monoprint on paper using a hot plate, varieties of green. Overprinting, scraping, painting. Fusing cotton on paper. Arashi shibori fabric, setting the pleats. Embroidery red thread. Modelling the dresses. Cutting the supports.
Size: 35 x 80 x 16 cm grid.
Comment [1]: Arashi shibori is my favourite technique and it's searching for 3-D forms. A small discovery in one layer was the base for this work. Searching for multiple layers I combined paper, encaustic printing and fabric. The contrast color for black was green. The back must also have an even interesting aspect. The wax on the paper strengthens the final form. With the making of more forms the idea of a catwalk was born. The entire work gives a cheerful perspective, inviting for you to observe.
Detailed View 1
Detailed View 2
Quilter: Katriina Flensburg (Storvreta, Uppsala, Sweden) [1].
Full View
Title: Purple Waters (2014).
Materials: Hand-dyed, hand-printed and hand-painted cottons, tulle.
Technique: Painting, stamping, monoprinting, piecing, appliqué, machine stitching, machine quilting.
Size: 124 x 127 cm grid.
Comment [1]: This piece was originated by a documentary of a sad and shocking proof of arrogance and rudeness of today's mankind towards our fellow beings: a violent and primitive slaughter of dolphins and dolphin-related mammals in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and North Atlantic.
Detailed View 1
Detailed View 2
Quilter: Alice Fox (Shipley, UK) [1].
Full View
Title: Pavement (2013).
Materials: Silk, cotton, wool felt, tea, rust print, collagraph print, had stitched in silk.
Technique: Rust print with tea using found metal objects. Collagraph print using found objects. Hand stitched.
Size: , 27 x 266 cm.
Comment [1]: 'Pavement' is a collection of marks, textures and patterns from the street. Insignificant found objects are used to make marks, building up a rich patchwork of textures, just like that which lies beneath our feet everyday.
Detailed View 1
Detailed View 2
Quilter: Leslie Gabrielse (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) [1].
Full View
Title: Aerial Dancer (2013).
Materials: Commercial fabrics, acrylic paint.
Technique: Hand stitching and hand paint.
Size: 153 x 206 cm.
Comment [1]: The inspiration of this work was the preformance of a friend who is an aerial dancer. She was preforming at 'The Pink Door' in Seattle, WA, USA, whilst I was there.
Detailed View 1
Detailed View 2
Reference:
[1] European Art Quilt Foundation, Molenschat, Netherlands (2014).
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
Introduction by Olga Prins-Lukowski (Molenschot, the Netherlands)[1]
Being a member of a jury is exciting. This time, everybody on the jury had their own shortlist, having seen all the pieces before actually coming together.
Some works were on everybody's list, but there was also a large diversity. A few works really jumped out at me. I can't always say why. Is it the composition or perhaps the colors. Or is it that some wroks have a message you 'get' on first view?
But everyone had their own experience of the selection process. Every jury member had their own preferences - and that resulted in a long discussion about strengths, composition, use of color etc. Every time I jury I learn from the process.
Another factor is that the exhibition must form a harmonious overview of the "State in the Art" in Europe.
In the end we came to an agreement to select the exhibition you are looking at, and I hope you will enjoy walking through it, whilst moving on the discussion about art, and in particular art quilts/textiles.
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part IV [1]
Quilter: Lia Flemings (Lommel, Belgium) [1].
Title: Catwalk (2014).
Materials: Black and white commercial cotton prints, 'Wonder Under', paper, soft structure, encaustic paint, embroidery thread, plasticised black netting (12 x 12 mm grid).
Technique: Encaustic monoprint on paper using a hot plate, varieties of green. Overprinting, scraping, painting. Fusing cotton on paper. Arashi shibori fabric, setting the pleats. Embroidery red thread. Modelling the dresses. Cutting the supports.
Size: 35 x 80 x 16 cm grid.
Comment [1]: Arashi shibori is my favourite technique and it's searching for 3-D forms. A small discovery in one layer was the base for this work. Searching for multiple layers I combined paper, encaustic printing and fabric. The contrast color for black was green. The back must also have an even interesting aspect. The wax on the paper strengthens the final form. With the making of more forms the idea of a catwalk was born. The entire work gives a cheerful perspective, inviting for you to observe.
Quilter: Katriina Flensburg (Storvreta, Uppsala, Sweden) [1].
Title: Purple Waters (2014).
Materials: Hand-dyed, hand-printed and hand-painted cottons, tulle.
Technique: Painting, stamping, monoprinting, piecing, appliqué, machine stitching, machine quilting.
Size: 124 x 127 cm grid.
Comment [1]: This piece was originated by a documentary of a sad and shocking proof of arrogance and rudeness of today's mankind towards our fellow beings: a violent and primitive slaughter of dolphins and dolphin-related mammals in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and North Atlantic.
Quilter: Alice Fox (Shipley, UK) [1].
Title: Pavement (2013).
Materials: Silk, cotton, wool felt, tea, rust print, collagraph print, had stitched in silk.
Technique: Rust print with tea using found metal objects. Collagraph print using found objects. Hand stitched.
Size: , 27 x 266 cm.
Comment [1]: 'Pavement' is a collection of marks, textures and patterns from the street. Insignificant found objects are used to make marks, building up a rich patchwork of textures, just like that which lies beneath our feet everyday.
Quilter: Leslie Gabrielse (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) [1].
Title: Aerial Dancer (2013).
Materials: Commercial fabrics, acrylic paint.
Technique: Hand stitching and hand paint.
Size: 153 x 206 cm.
Comment [1]: The inspiration of this work was the preformance of a friend who is an aerial dancer. She was preforming at 'The Pink Door' in Seattle, WA, USA, whilst I was there.
Reference:
[1] European Art Quilt Foundation, Molenschat, Netherlands (2014).
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