Three pieces in exhibit, one award

I currently have three pieces in the Attention to Abstract exhibit at the St. Peters Community and Arts Center. Below are two of the pieces I entered and the piece Supernova received 2nd place in the Miscellaneous category.

Blue Motion


Supernova

Floral Collage

This is the finished piece for what was shown below as in progress. It changed quite a bit!

Camera problems

So I haven't posted anything in a while because I managed to mess up my camera. The piece mentioned in my last post has since been completed and looks entirely different. It is currently on display at Framations. Hopefully I'll get back on track and get a new camera! Then I can get things rolling again.

Right now, I'm in the planning stages on a few pieces that I'm hoping to complete for some upcoming regional exhibits.

In Progress

Ok, so this picture turned out much darker than I thought. But this is something I just started. I'm thinking it's going to change dramatically, but at least I pieced together a foundation to build on. I ventured from my norm....I added some commercial fabric. The only thing I've used commercial fabric for in the past few years has been quilts....so we'll see. So far, I'm just using a sheer fabric with lightly printed images, so the dye color show through a bit from the fabric they are layered on top of. Who knows, I may scrap this still. I'm trying to work small lately b/c I'd like to enter a National Small Quilt exhibition (max size 16 x 20!) this summer. So far, nothing wonderful has resulted from my working small.

Geometrics and Organics

Geometrics and Organics
Dyed and quilted Crepe De Chine and Habotai Silk
12 1/2" x 19"
No Frame: Wrap-around bound $125.00

This is something simple I just finished. I was trying to think of something to enter into an upcoming show called "A few of my favorite things" and was drawing a blank. Without a way of doing any realistic printing (besides ordering a screen online or doing phototransfers, or applique, which I'm not totally comfortable with yet) I cou'dn't think of anything to do. But I know that I generally love to use more organic shapes and designs, though when working on actual quilts, I generally stick to more geometric designs. So I thought a simple design mixing the two ideas within the foreground and background.
Detail of lower right corner:

Silk Sheen I

Silk Sheen I

Dyed and Layered Habotai Silk on Canvas

16" x 20"

Unframed (fabric wraps around canvas) 2006

$275.00

This was something I completed after the discharge pieces in 2006. I was still stuck on the idea of varnishing the fabric to canvas. This was a sort of experiment, using habotai silk in a couple different thinknesses. You can tell some areas are more sheer than others. It has an interesting affect. Though I haven't been moved to try any more of this type yet.

The Web We Weave

The Web We Weave

Dyed and Discharged Cotton Broadcloth on Canvas

22" x "28"

Unframed (fabric wraps around canvas) 2006

$300.00

Discharged cotton broadcloth. I think doing this much discharging over the course of a month or two gave me a lot of headaches and some freaky dreams.