Gerrie Congdon
Noshi Ribbons
21" h x 18.5" w
Detail photo below
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Art Quilt. Vintage Japanese fabrics; collaged, fused and machine quilted.
I love collecting vintage Japanese fabrics. The colors, textures and patterns are
inspirations for the collage. I was compelled to cut and fuse the small linear
pieces, just because. A friend said they looked like Noshi Ribbons. I went off to
Google and discovered with great delight that I had indeed created Noshi
Ribbons. In Japan, Noshi is a cluster of ribbons representing a special gift.
Gerrie lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband of 45 years and their old, but
still lively, Jack Russell Terrier. Gerrie is a three-time breast cancer survivor and
has supported Fiberart for a Cause from the very beginning.
Gerrie discovered art quilting after she retired from an eclectic work life, nine
years ago. Lately, she spends much of her studio time creating her own fabrics,
changing the surface of hand-dyed fabric with paint, screenprinting, stamping
and discharging. The resulting fabric is used to create abstract constructions.
She also loves the marks made by hand on a piece of fabric — brush strokes,
hand stitching with Perle cotton or a hand made stamp.
Gerrie’s art quilts have been juried into several local and national textile art
shows. She has done commissions for churches and private collections. Her
work has been published in the book Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt
Project, edited by Karey Bresenhan, and in several magazines. This past
January, she had her first solo show based on a trip she took to Israel last year.
Noshi Ribbons
Detail