This year of journal quilts has occurred mostly in my head, as my studio was mostly packed in boxes due to a home remodel. I sketched a lot, did paper collage and mainly pined away for the tactile sensations of working with my fabrics. As I come back full circle to having an almost functional studio once more, I find myself still using the sketching gesture, perfunctuory, unfinished, just suggesting or hinting at form. And I also find myself incorporating the collage techniques of layering or building up imagery. This has been a natural progression in my artwork in general, buill striking to me to look back at my journal quilts from the very first year of the Journal Quilt Project. . My quilt was begun with the central stamped image, from a stamp I carved and printed with ink on some of mic I've dyed recntly, it turns out that orange is good medicine for my soul. I then began layering the framework to support this central image. Stripes have been calling to me lately and I incorporated these into this quilt. The most surprising thig to me was how good the lim green silk looks with the orange, green Japanese ikat. Adding the beads as the final touch, just enough, not too many, not over the top, or over done, just emphasizing the preciousness of the interim destination, the resting spot, a place to stop for a while in this journey through Journal Quilting. I predict that I won't ever stop working with Journal Quilts, they are to much of a success for me, getting something done, working small, and saying something with nothing are all the lessons I've taken away from learning how to work in this medium. For links to more journal quilts, check out QuiltArt. |
Journal 2007 A Page From My Book Interim Destination |
This year of journal quilts has occurred mostly in my head, as my studio was mostly packed in boxes due to a home remodel. I sketched a lot, did paper collage and mainly pined away for the tactile sensations of working with my fabrics. As I come back full circle to having an almost functional studio once more, I find myself still using the sketching gesture, perfunctuory, unfinished, just suggesting or hinting at form. And I also find myself incorporating the collage techniques of layering or building up imagery. This has been a natural progression in my artwork in general, buill striking to me to look back at my journal quilts from the very first year of the Journal Quilt Project. . My quilt was begun with the central stamped image, from a stamp I carved and printed with ink on some of mic I've dyed recntly, it turns out that orange is good medicine for my soul. I then began layering the framework to support this central image. Stripes have been calling to me lately and I incorporated these into this quilt. The most surprising thig to me was how good the lim green silk looks with the orange, green Japanese ikat. Adding the beads as the final touch, just enough, not too many, not over the top, or over done, just emphasizing the preciousness of the interim destination, the resting spot, a place to stop for a while in this journey through Journal Quilting. I predict that I won't ever stop working with Journal Quilts, they are to much of a success for me, getting something done, working small, and saying something with nothing are all the lessons I've taken away from learning how to work in this medium. For links to more journal quilts, check out QuiltArt. |
