The Columbia FiberArts Guild is having a juried Art exhibit at the ArtReach Gallery in Portland, Oregon this August. The exhibit theme is "Fiber Inspirations". Submissions were due earlier this month. I decided to make something new using my
fabric scrap twine bowl as a starting point. The vessel developed and grew ... and then it was not done when it was time to submit entries for jurying, so I did not submit it, and instead submitted a quilt. The fiber inspirations vessel continues to evolve; my notion is to weave in fabric or paper strips that describe things that inspire my fiber art.
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| At the core of the vessel is my original fabric scrap twine bowl. |
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| The first layer - just fabric scrap twine. After this I added craft wire in various gauges and colors to provide structure and whimsy. |
"Forest Walk" is the quilt that I submitted for the Fiber Inspirations exhibit. The concept for this quilt, inspired by walks in the forest along the Metolius River with our dogs, was developed in workshops I took at the
Stitchin' Post in Sisters, Oregon with
Jean Wells and
Rosalie Dace. I also incorporated curve techniques learned from
Hilde Morin and silk organza tubes from
Ann Williamson.
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35"W x 24"H
Constructed from cotton, linen, silk and hand stamped and painted fabric. Free pieced by machine and hand quilted. |
Oregon Strawberries - Sweet and Delicious!
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| Hood and Albion strawberries frozen on a cookie sheet. Ready to bag and freeze until we make them into jam. |
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| Fresh and Juicy! |
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