Artist Archives

Painting, printing, embossing, stitching and all kinds of mixed-media techniques. Hand & machine techniques. A first try at bookmaking. The ideas for the pages were inspired by a class at a CREATE retreat.

Guatemalan & American fabrics, machine quilted and pieced. This piece shows color and design elements. Note secondary designs and depth created by ombre and striped materials. Loosing woven fabrics created a “piecing challenge.”

This piece began with improvisational piecing towards the beginning of the pandemic – things were “calm”. Then things became “Chaotic”. Finally many things about society were “Fractured”. These words are the names of individual pieces in this triptich. (Improvisationally pieced, sashiko stitched, machine quilted.)

This piece was started shorty after the loss of a dear friend. I didn’t then realize that it was my personal statement. The darkest background parts at the bottom signify the darkest moments. The background color lightens toward the top, signifying the lifting of the grief. The colorful areas are the happy moments we shared.Continue reading “Passage of Grief

Valerie Rodelli

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Paper piecing, applique, long-arm quilted by Barbara Deletzke This was the original New York Beauty pattern, I began this piece in the early 90’s. When I took it out to finish in 2010, I did not like it, so took connecting blocks out and replaced them, The border was an exercise in color and valueContinue reading “New York Beauty – original edition

Valerie Rodelli

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This was a hand dyed piece of chiffon. It was then attached to the canvas and embellished with wool, beads, chiffon, paintsticks. I began this piece with no expectations. It was fun to see it evolve. I am not a lover of things Victorian, but like the final result. This started in a class ofContinue reading “Feeling Victorian

Valerie Rodelli

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Drafted the compass pattern, paper pieced, quilted on a domestic sewing machine. This piece was begun in a class with Kris Lyn Kirsch about 10 years ago. I finished the paper piecing & quilted it over this 2013 summer.

Machine pieced and quilted and fused. It has thread embellishment in the form of “line”. This is an original pieced/fused piece. Inspiration was from studying Freiderich Hundertwasser’s art and his use of “line” as a design element. There is no straight line in the composition. His colors are clear and I had a great timeContinue reading “Hundertwasser Study #1

Valerie Rodelli

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Machine quilted and embellished with thread painting. Small pieces making up design were “encased” with tulle. Nature can be meditative and inspiring. Taking in the beauty and wonder of nature is spiritual “food for thought”.