Structures #53 - Craft National 40
Back in December and January I completed 3 new quilts (and 2 additional quilt tops) in the Structures series. I talked about making the work in a few posts (The Initial Idea / Completing the Quilts) back when I was working on them but never posted pictures. I tend not to show new quilts until I feel they have been integrated into my body of work.
These 3 quilts, Structures #53, #55 & #56, were rejected from Quilt Visions 2006 this year but soon after the rejection Structures #53 was accepted for a special gallery issue of the Surface Design Association, which will be published later this year.
I recently entered these same 3 quilts into Crafts National 40. Both Structures #53 and #56 were accepted into the show at the Zoller Gallery, on the Penn State Campus from June 6 to July 21.
Goes to show that different juries like different things and there is no reason to get discouraged if one jury rejects your work. I’m thrilled that Mark Richard Leach, the founding Director of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, North Carolina, selected 2 of my pieces for Crafts National 40.
Now that this work will soon appear in public I’m ready to share it. (Actually Structures #53 was in my solo show in February).
With these pieces I’ve gone back to the idea of a fence, again referencing both physical boundaries and our internal psychological barriers. I’m working with thin lines and more flowing and organic compositions combined with simpler color palettes than some of my previous work. I’m really working on creating a tension in the composition with these elements. In this new work the figure-ground relationship becomes much more important than in previous work such as Structures #28 and Structures #29 where the color palette and overall design have more impact.
Structures #53 ©2006 66"x41":
Detail:
Posted by Lisa in: Abstract Contemporary Textile Art, Art Exhibits
Rayna said,
April 15, 2006 @ 6:41 pm
ooooh - nice one, Lisa. I love that this is so graphic!
Brenda said,
April 15, 2006 @ 7:51 pm
Thanks for the close-up Lisa. It’s great to be able to see the quilting detail and to see how the texture enhances the quilt.
Scott said,
April 16, 2006 @ 4:37 am
The thinner lines are extremely dynamic and seem to allow for both a simpler and more complex design at the same time–one of the sources of the tension that you mentioned. Kudos!
Mary Manahan said,
April 16, 2006 @ 5:58 am
I like those lines, nice and relaxed. Subtle coloring, too.
Kit said,
April 16, 2006 @ 8:35 am
congratulations Lisa!
This one is a stunner. I love the colour combo and those elegant ’slightly organic’ very very thin fence lines.
Charmaine said,
April 18, 2006 @ 6:42 am
Question: Are you piecing the tops individually? I’m amazed at how you get everything to work out so nicely, even though it’s irregularly shaped. And do you quilt on a long-arm or your sewing machine? I’m amazed at how regularly spaced you keep the actual quilting.
claire fenton said,
October 26, 2006 @ 11:29 pm
the color pallettes and the forms themselves are wonderful. very strong work…
love it.