Idaho Beauty
Sacred Threads
30 April 2015
I'm not a particularly spiritual person, and I do not have any religion, but when my blogging friend Sheila was juried into this show I was fascinated by the concept.
This is a lovely explanatory video explaining how the entries are chosen. How nice for a quilt to be entered on how well it speaks to people rather than the normal technical issues.
For 2015, Sheila has two quilts that have been selected. Fascinated, I followed the links and found this little video of Vikki Pignatelli who founded Sacred Threads.
How many quilters must share this - judges pull something apart without 'getting' it. Jokingly I know lots of people refer to the 'quilt police' and I've never judged a quilt show, so might be a little unfair on the judges, but to me art should not be about the technicality but the way it speaks to you.
How many quilters must share this - judges pull something apart without 'getting' it. Jokingly I know lots of people refer to the 'quilt police' and I've never judged a quilt show, so might be a little unfair on the judges, but to me art should not be about the technicality but the way it speaks to you.
I think it's fine if sometimes all it says is "hey, I'm a rather lovely thing" - and it's also fine if, as the viewer, your response is also "hey, I agree. You cheer me up just because you're lovely to look at". But the real art is one which challenges a response. Hence my admiration for Annabel Rainbow.
With regard to my own artistic journey, I'm not there yet. My own art is lovely to look at (well in my view - it adorns many of my walls. Gosh, that sounds very big headed, sorry) but it's still lacking that, and I'm struggling for the right word here, 'inner soul'. Does that make sense?
So my quest has to be to continue for emotional response.
Meanwhile, I've got an Open Studio looming!
Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: And it's done...
24 April 2015
I wanted to share this blog post with you.
Sheila from across the pond in Idaho ( the blog title is a bit of a clue!) writes a truly lovely blog. Her writing is style is just excellent, and I do love to visit her blog and see what she has been up to.
I particularly wanted to share this blog post. Recently,she gave herself a really technical challenge in the assembly of a quilt top based on a fountain. Having wrestled with a few technical issues, she then wrote a lovely blog about it, sharing the process. You can read it yourself on the link below.
Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: And it's done...
Having had a few technical issues myself with some of my own quilts, I really empathise with this blog post.
Have a little read and see what you think.
Sheila from across the pond in Idaho ( the blog title is a bit of a clue!) writes a truly lovely blog. Her writing is style is just excellent, and I do love to visit her blog and see what she has been up to.
I particularly wanted to share this blog post. Recently,she gave herself a really technical challenge in the assembly of a quilt top based on a fountain. Having wrestled with a few technical issues, she then wrote a lovely blog about it, sharing the process. You can read it yourself on the link below.
Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: And it's done...
Having had a few technical issues myself with some of my own quilts, I really empathise with this blog post.
Have a little read and see what you think.
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