NSNG – Page 12 – Fine Art of Fiber

Danube thru Eastern Europe
Mary Jo Bowers

Original design, artist dyed & purchased cotton. Embellished with Obi pieces, randomly cut images, raw-edge appliqué. Machine embroidered with cotton & rayon thread. Artist painted back

There Was a Crooked House
Mary Jo Bowers

Raw edge appliqué, machine embroidered, small mouse attached There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat. Which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a crooked little house.

Shed Skin
Roberta Bragg

Hand knit. Days of driving; little sleep./ Turnpike rest stop./ Away from the cars and into the trees./ There, in a small clearing, She stood./ Trunk like a dancer’s body arched back./ A sweep of slim branches and leaves – hair swept back./ Wrinkled bark open to sky./ 2 small branches tipped with sparre leavedContinue reading “Shed Skin

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Sea Centerpede
Robert Bragg

Crochet. Sea Centerpede/Deep Bottom of the Ocean/Deep/hydrothermal vents belch hot,/800o F hot, chemical laden spew/build chimney like proturberances//green sulfer bacteria feast/grow into long gelantinous hair/change hydrogen sulfide to ferous iron, amonia/are gobbled by odd gutless tube worms/there is methane too/and mussels, limpets, Yeti crabs//chemeosyntheses not photosynthesis/does not require light/there is none//changes the very definition ofContinue reading “Sea Centerpede

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Salsa with Lime
Joan Bratton

Technique Domestic and Guatemalan textiles, Murano glass beads combine for a spicy international blend.

Beneath the Surface
Joan Bratton

Hand appliquéd, machine quilted, hand beaded and embellished. Inspired by the rich farm fields of the Midwest that lay above the surface of a hot earth core.

Into the Center: In Honor of My Father
Joan Bratton

Machine pieced, machine quilted silk and cotton fabrics. Quilted with silk and polyester thread. Part of a challenge called “Into the Center”. My father has been the center of my life values and I sought to represent this in my quilt, I remember the silver gray hair & blue eyes. He was a quiet seekerContinue reading “Into the Center: In Honor of My Father

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Havlan Woods
Joan Bratton

Hand painted, machine appliqué, machine quilted. This piece is result of a workshop on painting and inking on fabric. The woods remind me of a birch grove in early morning.

Joan’s Beaded Purse
Joan Bratton

Hand beaded & embellished. Purse began in a guild workshop. Great project to learn beading and embellishment.

Cedar Lake Memories
Joan Bratton

Machine quilted. My first work using this technique. Invokes childhood memories of grandparent’s cottage.

An Invitation
Joan Bratton

Machine pieced & quilted, beaded, commercial and hand-dyed cottons, silk, mulberry paper Designed as part of a challenge to create a piece 18″ x 24″ with a piece of aqua fabric 8″ up on each side.

Natural Glitz
Joan Bratton

Hand beaded and stitched, machine quilted. Natural Glitz is the result of a workshop with Lisa Binkley. We each selected a print to work on and then designed the embellishments in collaboration with Lisa.

Enticement
Joan Bratton

Machine quilted, hand dyed and commercial cottons, silks. Began with a photo of a peony in my garden. Created a pattern. Machine appliqued. Inspired by Melinda Bula.

Molly’s Garden
Joan Bratton

Hand embroidered, machine quilted. My granddaughter, Molly Bratton, loves flowers and everything pink. This quilt was made for her 5th birthday.

The Gift
Joan Bratton

Hand appliquéd, machine quilted cottons & silks embellished with fabric beads & waxed linen. The top left corner depicts raw materials given by the Creator to the Earth. They became the leaves on the trees. In the cycle of life, these fall to the ground to decompose and enrich the soil. The noshi (lower left)Continue reading “The Gift