In my last installment of the “Learning from the Masters” series, I’m profiling Faith Ringgold. One of the first decorating steps I did in my studio when we moved to our current home was to put prints of Faith’s work on the wall above my sewing machine. Faith’s color-infused work speaks to me [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
Learning from the Masters: Deidre Scherer
The third artist in my “Learning from the Masters” series is Deidre Scherer. Deidre is not a quilter, but an artist who works in fabric and thread. She creates beautifully expressive portraits of our aging seniors, but uses no batting or bindings. In fact, she celebrates the raw edge, both in her [...]
Learning from the Masters: Ruth McDowell
Ruth McDowell is the second quilt master I’m profiling this week in my “Learning from the Masters” series. She is the only quilter whose work I see and consistently say to myself, “I wish I had made that quilt.”
Ruth is well-known for her complex and rich piecing in her art quilts. I admire [...]
Learning from the Masters: Gwen Marston
In my first “Learning from the Master” post, the quilter from whom I’ve learned a great deal is Gwen Marston. First, I admire her attitude, which is perfectionism in quilting is overrated, and you don’t have to suffer to make a beautiful quilt. Gwen learned by copying the masters, Mennonite quilters and [...]
Sunday at the High Museum
Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant), Claude Monet, (1872/1873). Public domain image courtesy of Wikipedia.
I took the day off on Sunday and went to the High Museum of Art to view their Inspiring Impressionism exhibit. It did not disappoint. Displayed were multiple works by Impressionist greats Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Paul [...]
A New Season, A New Project
photo © Michael Jastremski for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike
Fall is a wonderfully productive time for me, with cool weather, the promise of a new season, and my kids happily learning in school. I’ve been busy designing and making projects, writing, teaching . . . life is good. And all of it is for you, dear reader. I’m [...]
Easy Art Quilt Class at Sharptop
Tuesdays in October I’m teaching fiber arts classes to a wonderfully diverse group at Sharptop Arts Association. The first two weeks were Color for Fiber Artists, and I promised photos to show the projects from my students, but I was so busy teaching I forgot to take results photos. I’m a bad [...]
Bluebird in Fall for Inspire Me Thursday
Here’s my stitched art piece for the Inspire Me Thursday blog. The creative prompt this week was “birds.” I used a blue/orange complement for a fall color palette and a feather stitch around the squares. Had fun with this and look forward to doing future creative prompts. Great artist date opportunity!
Big Night for Art in Jasper, GA
Appalachian mountain town Jasper, GA was a hotbed for the arts last Friday, Oct. 6, hosting two art shows, with art receptions back-to-back. First was the Fiber Arts show at the Sharptop Arts Association. On hand were a diverse group of fiber artists, including quilters, spinners, and knitters. Here is Cathy taking [...]
Color for Fiber Artists
I taught such a lovely group of ladies today in my Color for Fiber Artists class. Four quilters, a rug-hooker, and a weaver – a wonderfully diverse group of fiber artists. Everyone had a positive outlook, was eager to learn and grew by leaps and bounds in their color knowledge.
Here they are working [...]
Interview with Danielle Morgan: Black Tea and Honey
Another quilt from the ECQG show caught my eye for its excellent use of color: Black Tea and Honey by Danielle Morgan. Simple yet elegant in its design, I could not keep my eyes off of it, entranced by its sophisticated color palette. Here is my interview with Danielle:
Q: How long [...]
