Summer Heat

 The intensity of the current fires is shocking, deadly.  This quilt is a response to what is the "new normal" in many parts of the world.   Just juried into Fiber Arts San Antonio!!

First draft of an idea from Kathleen Cunningham

 " . . . This ability to invite interaction is part of what draws artists to the idea of cloth.
. . . It satisfies because it is active, it is tactile, and it is personal."

This is a first draft/experiment with inviting interaction with images that go beyond surface design. Using stitch to add to the surface in a graphic way. I like the stitching  and the interaction, but it's still just a first pass. As a photographer, I photographed the stitched fabric outside in the shadow of a tree—leaf shadows on leaf fabric. Is the photo the art or the fabric? More to come. . . .

Detail

Barbara James Uses Photos, Stitch, Burlap, and Roving to Give Us an Impression of the Tides.

https://barbarajamesart.com/home.html

 

To make Carried Away 1, I took an original photograph of a downed tree and manipulated it on the computer and had it on cotton sateen. After cutting up the fabric I then collaged and stitched my impression of the tides into a triptych mounted burlap. The representation of the tide on the bottom of the piece is made from the wool batting that was pulled from the back of work and then enhanced with wool roving that I felted onto the batting.

Inspired by the River and What Lies Beneath When the River Recedes by Lynda Williamson

 https://www.backroads766.ca/

 

Inspired by the river and what lies beneath when the river recedes. These are 12 of the 15 in “River Series”.  Each 17” x 17” on cotton canvas, worked with earth pigments, India ink and acrylic. 

Next decision, should I mount them in floating frames?

Lighting the World with Comfort and Joy During a Pandemic

http://www.highinfiberart.com/

As the sun shone brightly on the sand, patterns emerged inspiring me to create GLOBAL GUARDIAN ANGEL to light the world with comfort and joy during the pandemic. I digitally developed the photo and scanned fabrics and created a file to commercially print on silk charmeuse. This piece is traveling in a SAQA global exhibition entitled “Light the World” and will be in St. Marie Aux-Mines, France, September 2021.

Judy Langille is "Boxed In"

Boxed In by Judy Langille

From Art Cloth Network member Judy Langille

I visited an Italian palace built in the 15th century. It was constructed using 8,500 white marble tetrahedrons. Their carving and positioning created the light and shadows reflected on this building that I was so taken with. 

My immediate fascination with the stories within these stones allowed me to look closely and inspired this piece of 3-D work.
 

Jeanne Sisson's Subtle Layering Process on 'Carried'

 

Jeanne Sisson, www.jeannesisson.com

To start I ironed fabric onto freezer paper to stabilize it before drawing or painting. Then I used this Arabic calligraphy pen and India ink to draw the figure onto the linen.

The textures above and behind the figure are multiple layers of monotype printing with acrylic medium that will act as a resist when a wash of acrylic paint is applied later. The background was masked with freezer paper and textures were monotype printed onto the figure and foreground with paint.

Lastly, I applied a couple of layers of acrylic paint in washes to create depth.

Carried, 12 x 14”, mixed media on linen

Walking in Wonder

 

Enjoy ACN Member Barbara J. Schneider's Latest Solo Exhibition

 I was delighted to be invited into the Spotlight on Create Whimsy. Here is  a link to their post. 

https://createwhimsy.com/projects/spotlight-dianne-koppisch-hricko-fiber-artist/

 You can see ACN member Yolanda Sanchez's work in Miami this month.  Congratulations, Yolanda!