Shelley Brucar
Raw-edge applique. Machine stitching. Inspiration for “Stormy” came from my memories of beautiful Hawaiian sunsets. I wanted to show a threatening sky contrasting with the rich colors cast by the setting sun. When this piece is exhibited at a solo show, several viewers described it as flowing lava from a volcano. I am endlessly intriguedContinue reading “Stormy
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Diana Burrows
Machine pieced, hand quilted. A friend admired this quilt in different stages of it’s designing so I decided to give it to him – surprise! – on his birthday. It’s on loan to me for the show.
Diana Burrows
Machine pieced, hand quilted. % of the pieces in this quilt are the same shape. There are over 6000 pieces. It took many years of working with this shape, two years of considering how to use it as a sampler (which morphed into what you see), design and piece the top and three months toContinue reading “Feast yer-r-r Eyes
Diana Burrows
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Diane Capitani
All hand pieced, fabric are replicas of those used by Jane & Cassandra Austen in the quilt they made shown on the bed at Chawton Cottage, England. IQI members Diane Capitani and Georgia Cibul both worked on this quilt. This replica of the quilt made by Jane & Cassandra Austen, on display at the JaneContinue reading “The Jane Austen Legacy Quilt
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Wendy Carpenter
/ WGNS Hand woven. My hand woven fiber and iron wall sculpture, Sailing Lake Michigan, reveals my personal expressionism style derived from nature and expressed in form, color and tactile fiber materials.
Wendy Carpenter
/ WGNS Hand woven. My fiber art for the wall, “Kimono hanging”, reveals my personal expressionism style derived from the Asian culture. The Kimino Wall hanging is handwoven with wool and a silk tablecloth from China.
Wendy Carpenter
/ WGNS Hand woven, felted. Each panel represents the essences of a tree in the cold elements of winter…naked and alone. Trees in the winter are without growth and display an expanded rich, dark bark. The winter wind marks the trees with snow allowing the viewer to see the simple rhythms and sturdiness of winter.
Wendy Carpenter
/ WGNS Hand woven, crochet, basketry. Each “spear” fiber form is my personal expression derived from the Native American culture. The spears are hand woven in colors found in nature e.g. straw for the prairies.
Wendy Carpenter
/ WGNS Hand woven, basketry. Through a program I started (creating revenue through the arts) I teach Mayan women how to design, sew and market clothing with their handwoven jospe fabric. My five “Mayan women” sculptures represent my effort to blend cultures through the arts.
