Sightlines Unveiled

Read all about it! Read all about it!

The catalog for the "Sightlines" show is out just in time for the inaugural event

in Houston, TX this week during the International Quilt Festival.

About a year ago, out of several hundred candidates, fourteen artists

were chosen to create an installation of artworks featuring a sightline

linking all the work in the exhibit. Each artist chose her own theme

and created a central piece plus an additional four linking pieces,

covering a total of ten feet in width each.

Photographer Gregory Case took this photo of my piece for the show's catalog.

Click on it to enlarge. I am so very pleased with this representation of my

work - thank you, Gregory.  The detail photo is mine.

click to enlarge

click to enlarge

Tension

If you see it in person, let me know what you think.

Performance Center for the Arts

click to enlarge

I just got back from hanging a second piece in Rock Hill's

new Performance Center for the Arts. Here it is flanked

by Katie Medlock, Technology Coordinator for the

Arts Council of York County. Thanks also

to Harriet (and Martin!) Goode for having me again!

The piece is titled "Venezuelan Symphony" and I made

it as a tribute to my beloved homeland. Be sure to click

to enlarge so as to better see the hand-dyed fabrics.

This is one of several works that will be featured in a

spread in the soon-to-be-released book "1000 Artisan Textiles." 

Venezuelan Symphony

click to enlarge

click to enlarge

Venezuelan Symphony

37"h by 39"w

This is my memory of the beautiful llanos (plains) of Venezuela when

crossed on horseback -- land as far as the eyes can see,

flowering trees, rivers, birds -- nature's symphony.

Every note, from dark to light, interpreted in cloth.

Google Earth: Orinoco Delta

click to enlarge

click to enlarge

Google Earth: Orinoco Delta

39"h by 49"w

The idea for this piece is my own recollection of trips to the

jungle in Venezuela and canoe rides along the Orinoco River;

its waters are clear but the iron ore deposits of the area color

the bottom sand and the surrounding shores.

I made a large piece of felt from scratch using some lovely

Merino wool that I hand-dyed;  other sections were also

hand-dyed using rust shavings.

Salto Angel (Angel Falls)

click to enlarge

click to enlarge

Salto Angel (Angel Falls)

27"h by 31"w

The tallest waterfall in the world, Salto Angel or Angel Falls,

is located in Venezuela's jungle. I have explored it by canoe

and on foot and these are the colors of that wild landscape -- the

roaring foam rising high above the tree-tops, framing the spectacular view.