Comments on: Structures #67 and Pieced Together http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Olga http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9635 Olga Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:23:35 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9635 It looks to be a beautifully chosen group of artists, and your work fits right in there. I hope that it leads to other interesting outcomes. Boundaries, edge-markers, make a fascinating subject: positive/negative, inclusion/exclusion, strength/crack, and safety/danger as in the children's game or obsession about not standing on lines. I find that your designs work so well as colour fields, even at monitor scale and without seeing the stitching - and then elicit gasps of delight when the pattern of the stitching is discernable. There is always something to engage the eye, and I can only imagine what a physical presence they have. It looks to be a beautifully chosen group of artists, and your work fits right in there. I hope that it leads to other interesting outcomes.

Boundaries, edge-markers, make a fascinating subject: positive/negative, inclusion/exclusion, strength/crack, and safety/danger as in the children’s game or obsession about not standing on lines. I find that your designs work so well as colour fields, even at monitor scale and without seeing the stitching - and then elicit gasps of delight when the pattern of the stitching is discernable. There is always something to engage the eye, and I can only imagine what a physical presence they have.

]]> By: cynthia http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9634 cynthia Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:15:53 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9634 It looks like you are in good company, congratulations! As to size, even your small work would be a large work for me! It could be that my current studio space is small; therefore I work smaller. My house is situated on a very small city lot in Denver, only 3160 square feet total (that's the size of some people's houses). If we didn't have a fence in the back yard, there would be no privacy what so ever. It's an easy truce between our neighbors and ourselves. We can still say hello over the fence and enjoy our backyard solo. So, in our case, I say yes fences do make good neighbors. But, we all have front porches that are used and are very social in the warmer months. I sometimes dream of living in the country side where we wouldn't need a fence, but then we probably wouldn't know our neighbors either because they'd be too far away. It looks like you are in good company, congratulations!

As to size, even your small work would be a large work for me! It could be that my current studio space is small; therefore I work smaller.

My house is situated on a very small city lot in Denver, only 3160 square feet total (that’s the size of some people’s houses). If we didn’t have a fence in the back yard, there would be no privacy what so ever. It’s an easy truce between our neighbors and ourselves. We can still say hello over the fence and enjoy our backyard solo.

So, in our case, I say yes fences do make good neighbors. But, we all have front porches that are used and are very social in the warmer months. I sometimes dream of living in the country side where we wouldn’t need a fence, but then we probably wouldn’t know our neighbors either because they’d be too far away.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9633 Lisa Call Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:28:50 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9633 The lines are about 1/8" to 3/16" apart - but rarely more than 1/4". The lines are about 1/8" to 3/16" apart - but rarely more than 1/4".

]]> By: Charmaine http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9632 Charmaine Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:25:04 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9632 The detail is so amazing. What are the widths between your stiching? It's hard to tell from the photo. The detail is so amazing. What are the widths between your stiching? It’s hard to tell from the photo.

]]> By: Nellie http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9631 Nellie Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:43:02 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9631 It's amazing how much simple lines and shapes can say. Your art speaks to me. It’s amazing how much simple lines and shapes can say. Your art speaks to me.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9628 Lisa Call Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:16:41 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9628 Thanks Tracy. I sent in 6 images - she picked 3 of them. This quilt and 2 others similar - Structures #59 and I think #56. I had hoped to do all new work for this show but didn't quite work that way - although 2 of the 3 pieces are new. Thanks Tracy. I sent in 6 images - she picked 3 of them. This quilt and 2 others similar - Structures #59 and I think #56. I had hoped to do all new work for this show but didn’t quite work that way - although 2 of the 3 pieces are new.

]]> By: tracy http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9627 tracy Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:30:45 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9627 Congrats Lisa! Do you have to make up the other two, or do you you have them ready as well? Will the other pieces have the same theme? Congrats Lisa!

Do you have to make up the other two, or do you you have them ready as well? Will the other pieces have the same theme?

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9625 Lisa Call Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:17:35 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9625 Thanks Gerrie. Kim - yes - it is machine quilting. I do it with the feeddogs up. I have never done a full post about how I quilt but I will some day. And thanks :) Thanks Gerrie.

Kim - yes - it is machine quilting. I do it with the feeddogs up. I have never done a full post about how I quilt but I will some day. And thanks :)

]]> By: Kim http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9624 Kim Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:06:33 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9624 Congratulations on the new show! I keep coming back to look at that close-up of your quilting. It's so incredible -- and you machine-quilt, right? I recall reading about your machine quilting process but now I can't find it. It really looks like meticulous hand-quilting and I'd love to know how you achieve that (if it is indeed machine stitching). Congratulations on the new show!
I keep coming back to look at that close-up of your quilting. It’s so incredible — and you machine-quilt, right? I recall reading about your machine quilting process but now I can’t find it. It really looks like meticulous hand-quilting and I’d love to know how you achieve that (if it is indeed machine stitching).

]]> By: Gerrie http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9604 Gerrie Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:00:20 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/02/structures-67-and-pieced-together.html#comment-9604 That is, indeed, a powerhouse of quilting luminaries!! Congratulations. That is, indeed, a powerhouse of quilting luminaries!! Congratulations.

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