One of my blog buddies, Gwyned Trefethen wrote in her blog today about trying to make a three dimensional mushroom. It reminded me of a piece I made a few years ago for my annual Fiber Works show. The theme was Into the Woods and I knew right away what I wanted to do. My son lives in the Pacific Northwest and is an avid mushroom hunter and cook and photographer. I used some of his photos and some of my own. The center square is hand embroidered and I thought I would do them all that way. But it took forever and I knew I wouldn't finish in time. So the rest of them were printed onto fabric, some by Spoonflower and some by me. I then did machine quilting, trapunto and embellished them with twigs, lichen, tree bark, moss, etc.
I made nine little quilts, seven inches square and mounted them on a black canvas. It is one of my favorite pieces and currently hangs in my studio.
I am linking up with Off the Wall Friday.
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I'm giving a lecture next month on my journey from quilter to artist, Norma. One stop on that journey is being a member of Fiber Revolution. The result getting inspired by you and other artists in our group. The line I will repeat in the lecture is, "You know you are an artist when..." In the case of In to the Woods, you know you are an artist when you realize the perfect embellishment for the piece comes from nature. Who else would think to add twigs and lichen? What a fabulous work of art.
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