The Red Dress project, created and developed by this week’s guest, Kirstie Macleod, can, at first, look like little more than a beautiful dress, embellished by a lot of colorful embroidery. I…| Fiber Talk
A New Idea One morning I was sitting in my sewing room thinking. I thought about how layering fabrics creates a subtle 3D effect that I really like, such as the one in pieces like my Experimental Wall Hanging, or the two Void pieces. I thought about how challenging it can be to machine stitch… Read More »“El’s Cells,” an Organically-shaped Art Quilt| ANY Texture
When I finished Warm Void I was left with many leftover cardboard squares and a good length of the thicker synthetic netting. I really liked the contrast between the chunky solid squares and the smooth, transparent netting in that piece, and wanted to explore it further, bigger. During one of my FabMo shopping sprees I… Read More »“Cool Void,” an Art Quilt| ANY Texture
When I finished Warm Void I was left with many leftover cardboard squares and a good length of the thicker synthetic netting. I really liked the contrast between the chunky solid squares and the smooth, transparent netting in that piece, and wanted to explore it further, bigger. During one of my FabMo shopping sprees I… Read More »“Cool Void,” an Art Quilt| ANY Texture
I often like the back of stitched artworks as much as I like the front, or, sometimes, even more. There is something appealing about the rawness, the loose threads, the visible markings of the artist’s hand, the messiness… For the same reasons, perhaps, I also love exposed seams. If you looked through my closet, you’d… Read More »Inside Out Art Quilt Series| ANY Texture
Unlikely Inspiration There is a big maple tree right outside my studio window. Each year around Thanksgiving, the tree transforms into a red and yellow flame, which glows whenever the sun peeks out. It washes my entire studio in red light, and never fails to fill me with awe. One of my very first art… Read More »“Warm Void,” an Art Quilt| ANY Texture
In summer 2021, after a LONG Covid lockdown, I was finally able to visit my mom. While there, I helped her tidy up my late father’s office. In a pile on one of the shelves we found a small cardboard box. It was filled with little index cards on which my dad, who was a… Read More »“Yaacov’s Algae” Art Quilt Series| ANY Texture
Today I am sharing all the pages of a book project that falls (to me) in the category of "book art". It can't be mass produced, it is not meant to be read (in the traditional way anyway) and it is a one of a kind object, like a painting or a sculpture. Although each| iHannas Blog - creativity in everyday life
A few years ago, when my father was still alive and the world was still sane, I wrote a blog post about my dad’s sukkah. I had no idea then that only two short years later my father would die suddenly, and that his sukkah will never be rebuilt. The old pieces of cloth that… Read More »“The Worldly Patriarch” Quilt| ANY Texture
The summer before she passed away I helped my mother tidy up my late father’s study. By then, he was gone for about two and a half years, but my mom hasn’t been able to touch the mess he left behind. I loved my dad’s home office. He spent much of his time there, working… Read More »“The Builder of Jerusalem” Art Quilt| ANY Texture
Who doesn't love hearts?| Chris Dodsley @mbCD
My mom left me a few assignments before she passed away. One resulted in a quilt series I made to honor the life of my grandfather, her dad. The second was an artwork about her grandmother, who was very influential in her life. My Great Grandmother Sarah Kopel My mom’s maternal grandmother, Sara Kopel nee… Read More »The “Grieving Matriarch” Quilt| ANY Texture
A couple of years ago, after completing my experimental seaweed art series, I decided to continue playing with pictures of my late father’s first algae collection. I enjoyed the delicacy of the dried seaweeds in my dad’s collection, and felt comforted by incorporating something he cared about into my own art. After digitally manipulating images,… Read More »From Wall Art to … Table Runner?| ANY Texture
I used strips of fabric, "Cloth Strokes," to compose an art quilt the way a painter composes a painting by combining brush strokes.| ANY Texture
After I finished my Flow series I stumbled upon a box of small fabric samples. They inspired me to make an experimental wall hanging.| ANY Texture
I had a small pile of sari silk ribbon bits, and decided to incorporate them into experimental tiny textile sketches.| ANY Texture
I felt the need to immerse myself in textures and colors, so I embarked on a series of six art quilts, which I called the Flow Series.| ANY Texture
Alicia D. Keshishian life's mission is to understand color. Journey through the world of textiles, and see how using color, she weaves happiness into all of her creations.| Munsell Color System; Color Matching from Munsell Color Company