In January I took Susie Monday's workshop "Artist Journal, Artist Journey" http://susiemonday.squarespace.com/coming-up-workshops/ . We were introduced to the
concept of the Journal Quilt - an 81/2 X 11 art quilt that chronicals or commemorates who we are at the time. For all the dressmaking I've done, I've never allowed myself the freedom to "paint" with cloth. It is an exhilerating process for someone whose fabric work is ordered by measured lines and careful seams. Susie challenged us to make one little art quilt every month for a year. Part of the process is to journal about the process. So here is my January installment - "Breakthrough". It is hard to see on the scan; the parts of the hand that are under water are foiled with gold and outlined with holographic thread. The fish is outlined with metallic copper thread. Above the water, there is no metallic. I wanted to convey the idea of changed perceptions in a changed environment.
concept of the Journal Quilt - an 81/2 X 11 art quilt that chronicals or commemorates who we are at the time. For all the dressmaking I've done, I've never allowed myself the freedom to "paint" with cloth. It is an exhilerating process for someone whose fabric work is ordered by measured lines and careful seams. Susie challenged us to make one little art quilt every month for a year. Part of the process is to journal about the process. So here is my January installment - "Breakthrough". It is hard to see on the scan; the parts of the hand that are under water are foiled with gold and outlined with holographic thread. The fish is outlined with metallic copper thread. Above the water, there is no metallic. I wanted to convey the idea of changed perceptions in a changed environment.
