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Lynne Heller, quilt art
Jan. 22nd, 2004 10:36 amDanny ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
djjo's knitting habit has started to influence me. I'm attracted to fibre, and there's nothing like hanging around with a true addict to wear down one's resolve. But I have a different old project of my own, and have decided to tackle it first.
Five years ago I taught myself to sew because I wanted to learn to make quilts, specifically watercolour or colorwash quilts. Rather than following traditional patterns, the squares are carefully chosen to merge into an overall image, similar to the way dots of different colours merge in an impressionist painting (examples). I pieced together about one quarter of the top, but had to set the project aside. It has hung unfinished on my living room wall ever since.
Danny probably had this in mind when he invited me to last night's meeting of the Downtown Knitting Collective. The guest speaker was Lynne Heller, a textile artist whose work is based on quiltmaking. Check out her current work. She brought a series of miniatures, not much larger than the palm of a hand, and a slide show of her larger quilts. If you know my obsession with colour and texture, you'll see why I was awestruck by her work.
Quilters are frequently bewildered when they find out I set out to sew one by hand. I asked Lynne whether she works by hand; she does. The craftsmanship shows.
Besides fueling my enthusiasm to complete an old project, this work showed me possibilities for more artistic expression. In her quilts I see painterly qualities to which I aspire in my drawings and photography, but highlighted by the texture of fabric and fibre.
djjo's knitting habit has started to influence me. I'm attracted to fibre, and there's nothing like hanging around with a true addict to wear down one's resolve. But I have a different old project of my own, and have decided to tackle it first.Five years ago I taught myself to sew because I wanted to learn to make quilts, specifically watercolour or colorwash quilts. Rather than following traditional patterns, the squares are carefully chosen to merge into an overall image, similar to the way dots of different colours merge in an impressionist painting (examples). I pieced together about one quarter of the top, but had to set the project aside. It has hung unfinished on my living room wall ever since.
Danny probably had this in mind when he invited me to last night's meeting of the Downtown Knitting Collective. The guest speaker was Lynne Heller, a textile artist whose work is based on quiltmaking. Check out her current work. She brought a series of miniatures, not much larger than the palm of a hand, and a slide show of her larger quilts. If you know my obsession with colour and texture, you'll see why I was awestruck by her work.
Quilters are frequently bewildered when they find out I set out to sew one by hand. I asked Lynne whether she works by hand; she does. The craftsmanship shows.
Besides fueling my enthusiasm to complete an old project, this work showed me possibilities for more artistic expression. In her quilts I see painterly qualities to which I aspire in my drawings and photography, but highlighted by the texture of fabric and fibre.
