New Artwork - Boundary Waters 32.
Boundary Waters 32
21″h x 66″w
White cotton fabric, paint, thread.
I finished this piece right before Collage Mania; it was one of those joyful artworks that spring out fully formed.
This artwork is my entry in Art Quilts XIII: Lucky Break at the Chandler Center for the Arts. I’m not entering much this year, but I always enter this show because of the beautiful venue and the personal touch of the curator, Diane Howell.
Boundary Waters 32 obviously continues the series based on my journeys with my sister in The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).
The BWCAW is known for its cliffs and rocky outcroppings, worked in endless layers by erosion, volcanic activity, and glaciers. Huge sheet of granite were broken, tilted and folded beginning over 2.7 billion years ago. The end result is the wonderful landscape we are privileged to enjoy as we paddle along: long narrow lakes, jagged shorelines and towering cliffs.
It’s hard to see, even in this detail, but this piece is stitched twice. Once, very irregularly, with invisible thread to mimic the fault lines in the rocks and once, in parallel lines, over the entire surface with variegated rayon thread to mimic the very orderly stacking of the rock. I like the contrast between the jumbled surface and the regimented top stitching as well as the contrast between the two types of stitching.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:10 am
I love the texture that you create in your work, it is amazing. The colors are rich like in nature, you could almost reach in and feel the coolness of the water.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Thanks, Jamie. I hadn’t been doing much stitching of late, but once you start on cotton batting, it is hard to stop! V.