Exhibition Year Archives
Cassandy
SallybobDiana Burrows
Jezebel and her SunflowersVirginia Cruz Carlson
Hand dyed and commercial fabrics, machine embroidered, machine quilted and hand beaded. The petals on the beaded sunflowers were cut out one at a time and hand dyed by the artist. The background fabric was hand dyed, by I believe Robbi Ecklow. It has “mellowed” in my stash for so long, I can’t remember anyContinue reading “Jezebel and her Sunflowers
Virginia Cruz Carlson
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Season of SingingVirginia Cruz Carlson
Machine & hand fabric manipulation, including yarns; machine quilted & hand beaded. I ran across a writing that touched me deeply – it did not indicate who the author was…not even anonymous. “Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.” I had toContinue reading “Season of Singing
Virginia Cruz Carlson
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Complexity—Life on Many LevelsVirginia Cruz Carlson
Commercial fabrics raw edge appliqué, couching yarns, metallic threads; and miscellaneous objects. This piece was the epitome of “when life hands you scraps, make a quilt.” Even the frog button I used is a bit less than perfect, but then do we always get “perfect” scraps from life? Yet, you can see that each bitContinue reading “Complexity—Life on Many Levels
Virginia Cruz Carlson
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The Valleys of Ups and DownsVirginia Cruz Carlson
Commercial fabrics, batik & hand dyed velvet by the artist. Machine quilted & appliquéd, couched yarn for bottom side of binding & hand beading. This was my first thought of how life gives you “Ups and Downs” and how fantastic the process seems when you are on the Up side!
StormVirginia Cruz Carlson
Commercial fabrics, fabric paint embellishment. Machine appliquéd, couched yarn, ribbon & hand beading. Coming home from work on a warm day, I saw a storm approaching as I was nearing my home. I was in awe of how ominous it looked and how it made me feel. I wanted to express that with motion ofContinue reading “Storm
Virginia Cruz Carlson
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Pretty Maids All in a RowSabrina Cassidy
Origami folded fabric, pieced, quilted and embellished with crystals. Each flower is folded individually then pieced into the quilt. Crystals add the final touch to this Origami Quilt.
VivianSabrina Cassidy
Metal smithing, resin, ribbon work. Materials – silver, copper, raku and mixed media. “Vivian” combines my love of metal with fiber. She was fabricated and assembled by hand. I’ve used metal smithing and forming, ribbonwork and resin in her creation.