So here I am in my 86th year & it is full of self reflection. I know that I am in the final section of my personal time line. And I have been making stuff like crazy.
So Here's what Lisa Call wrote in her recent blog:
“Is there art if no one is seeing or receiving it?”
~Keith Haring (Keith Haring Journals: Penguin Books , 2010)
An interesting question. What do you think?
This is a part of why I share my art.
It is what completes the process.
It is what makes it art.
When it sits in the cabinet unseen it hasn’t quite reached its potential.
When sparking a conversation or brightening up a room, I feel my artwork is contributing.
That got me thinking. "Daphne, you need to put your work out there & complete the process!" How far back should I go? Maybe the simplest would be to document in reverse order & stop when I feel I've done enough!
Conversation in 2 Colors
I had never played with such transparent cloth before. The texture of it is very unpleasant, but this was such a new zone.
The Very Eccentric 9-Patch
Not really a 9-patch, more one gone wild.
Razzle & Dazzle
What is really obvious here is I am not doing themes in variation. I am exploring all over the place just to see what happens: pushing boundries, trying new things, & playing.
Lines: Registration, Product, & Sewing.
Every print job in more than one color on paper or on cloth there is a strip at the edge that shows the technician that the colors are going down correctly as intended. These are chopped off all magazine printwork, so you, the consumer, don't realize they were ever there. So I had cut off registration marks of one selvedge & the product information on the other on a number of fabrics available in my "stash". And not your standard composition!
Grey Zone
Again, just play.
Pockets, Belt Loops, & Hems
This is what was left over from my "unseamly" blue jeans deconstruction project. Being a staunch waste-not-want-not New Englander I couldn't throw away the leftovers. I threw out the left-over-leftovers after I made this quilt. Which I think didn't turn out quite as dazzling as the first one. But I'm very fond of the pockets & rivet holes.
Zest for Life
This was finished after I got back from ABQ, NM, USA.
Razzle & Dazzle shares common cloth with this one.
Chord in Colors & Shapes
This is so typical of how I like to work. I set up a pattern & then make variations. I want the viewer's eye to move & dance & not have something easily discerned, as is possible with "traditional" quilts.
Cuts & Flaps
I made V-shaped cuts in the cloth & folded the flap back.
This quilt harmonized so well with the one just before it,
Down-Dilly Windows
In this one I made X-cuts & folded the flaps back to create windows.
For George
So titled because George liked the quilt & I was dissatisfied with how it turned out!
The next three are in a series with me playing around mainly with cloth I had bought a while back from Maiwa. The first was
Maiwa Thanks....where I'm playing a bit with showing the cloth from both sides. [It's subtle!]
.... then
Maiwa Checkers....
...then Window to Elsewhere
Great Graters
This was so fun & quirky. I had collected some antique kitchen graters & I used them to make "rubbings" or, as the French call it, frottage.
The Wall of Tranquility II
This quilt was inspired by a sweet wall at the swimming pool in my condo. Inspiration first, quilt 2nd.
I would happily retry this idea with smaller blue centers next time!
And The Turqouise Quickie
And finally
Triangle ReplayI was inspired to revisit traditional old triangle patterns-- an there are SO many. I wanted to mix it up a bit too.
That's it for now.
