Comments on: The Layers of the Grand Canyon http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13100 Lisa Call Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:01:49 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13100 Olga - thanks for the link - that piece is amazing. I love that his colors aren't perfect either. Lisa - thanks - I love rocks - go for it! Robin - I don't show all of my new work. The best of it I tend to hold back until I know where it might first appear in the world (if it will appear at all). I don't enter many juried shows anymore so I'm not too concerned with the rules (although when I make a quilt I think might make the cut for my QN entry I never show it anywhere until after the jury process given their strict rules). I have a pile of new pieces that were finished in the last month or 2. These will not be shown or a while because I've got 2 solo shows coming up next March and I want fresh work for both of them. I know your feeling of wanting to show things off right away but I make enough work to show some of it and hold some back. I'm never really sure where the line should be drawn on what to show and not so I tend to just go with instinct and hope that works. Olga - thanks for the link - that piece is amazing. I love that his colors aren’t perfect either.

Lisa - thanks - I love rocks - go for it!

Robin - I don’t show all of my new work. The best of it I tend to hold back until I know where it might first appear in the world (if it will appear at all). I don’t enter many juried shows anymore so I’m not too concerned with the rules (although when I make a quilt I think might make the cut for my QN entry I never show it anywhere until after the jury process given their strict rules).

I have a pile of new pieces that were finished in the last month or 2. These will not be shown or a while because I’ve got 2 solo shows coming up next March and I want fresh work for both of them.

I know your feeling of wanting to show things off right away but I make enough work to show some of it and hold some back. I’m never really sure where the line should be drawn on what to show and not so I tend to just go with instinct and hope that works.

]]> By: Lisa Flowers Ross http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13098 Lisa Flowers Ross Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:20:30 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13098 I am enjoying this Grand Canyon quilts. I have lots of pictures of striped rocks from the national parks in Utah. Someday I will get to making something with them in mind. I am enjoying this Grand Canyon quilts. I have lots of pictures of striped rocks from the national parks in Utah. Someday I will get to making something with them in mind.

]]> By: Robin http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13090 Robin Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:57:40 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13090 This quilt is just lovely! I really like the color combinations and flow of the design. Great work! I noticed that you show quite a bit of your new work. Are you ever concerned that some shows have rules against showing your work in public before they can accept it? Over here we have a big multimedia show once a year and they have that rule. It makes me frustrated because when I finish something special, I really want to show it off! This quilt is just lovely! I really like the color combinations and flow of the design. Great work!
I noticed that you show quite a bit of your new work. Are you ever concerned that some shows have rules against showing your work in public before they can accept it? Over here we have a big multimedia show once a year and they have that rule. It makes me frustrated because when I finish something special, I really want to show it off!

]]> By: Olga http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13081 Olga Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:14:34 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/the-layers-of-the-grand-canyon.html#comment-13081 Your guys made me laugh - the difference between inspiration and constipation!! I spent only two days at the Grand Canyon many years ago, and only saw the layers close to when in a small plane. I love what you have done with both quilts, especially #16. The Grand Canyon is just so difficult to capture, and one of my favourite artists approached it in a way that echoes quilting. Here is an article about them: http://www.nga.gov.au/Hockney/index.cfm David Hockney produced a group of paintings which consist of a patchwork of individual canvases, each with it's own direct focus. I was lucky enough to see these paintings at two exhibitions, and at one of them a pompous show-off also said that the colours were all wrong! Your guys made me laugh - the difference between inspiration and constipation!! I spent only two days at the Grand Canyon many years ago, and only saw the layers close to when in a small plane. I love what you have done with both quilts, especially #16.

The Grand Canyon is just so difficult to capture, and one of my favourite artists approached it in a way that echoes quilting. Here is an article about them: http://www.nga.gov.au/Hockney/index.cfm David Hockney produced a group of paintings which consist of a patchwork of individual canvases, each with it’s own direct focus. I was lucky enough to see these paintings at two exhibitions, and at one of them a pompous show-off also said that the colours were all wrong!

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