Announcing a little-known art form! If you love color, design, and fine craftsmanship, fiber art quilts are for you. If you are an artist, this form of expression can expand your horizons. If you are looking for bold decorations or useful accessories for your home, you really need to explore this niche of fine art.
It's amazing what an artist can do with fabric, thread, and accenting details. Some make quilts that can be hung on the wall or used to cover a bed. Others experiment with size and shape, making small wallhangings or accessories for the home like pillows, table runners, place mats, and coasters.
Go online to see how artistic flair brings bold color and design to the world of quilts. Some creations evoke traditional patterns that quilters have used for generations, although they might be explosions of color our grandmothers never envisioned. Others take inspiration from nature - from backyard birds to the cosmos - or spin off into abstract designs.
The galleries also show the bold bursts of color that come from the inner eye, displayed in geometric shapes or cosmic swirls. Effects begin with colors, using fabric as the masters used paint. Quilting adds another dimension, and thread work is used to highlight and detail. The talent displayed in this art form is as wide and diverse as in any other.
It's fun to visit the websites of various artists and see how different and individual quilts can be. There are also galleries that sell the works of many artists. Exhibits where you can see actual works on display are held all around the US and in many other parts of the world. Awards are given at these exhibits, and many works will be for sale.
Fabrics used are often cottons - chintz or batik or hand-painted organics - but actually almost anything can be and is used. Foils and metallic threads are used for highlights. Texture, color, and details embroidered by hand or machine finish what color, shape, and pattern have started. Some artists use only fabric and thread, while others add beads, 'found objects', ethnic dolls or fetishes, shells, wire, cording, and more.
Both machine and hand embroidery are used to make these one-of-a-kind creations. Each artist has his or her own technique and distinctive style of threadwork, as well as color sense and use of shape, line, and texture. One artist suggests that her works be endlessly explored by changing the angle at which they are hung to get different perspectives on her designs.
This is truly art, not a crafter's imitation of it. It really must be seen to be believed by those of us who haven't been aware of this niche. This is an affordable way to bring art into your home, or you may want to visit galleries and exhibits to simple appreciate what artists have achieved using fabric and thread - and, of course, imagination, talent, and skill.
It's amazing what an artist can do with fabric, thread, and accenting details. Some make quilts that can be hung on the wall or used to cover a bed. Others experiment with size and shape, making small wallhangings or accessories for the home like pillows, table runners, place mats, and coasters.
Go online to see how artistic flair brings bold color and design to the world of quilts. Some creations evoke traditional patterns that quilters have used for generations, although they might be explosions of color our grandmothers never envisioned. Others take inspiration from nature - from backyard birds to the cosmos - or spin off into abstract designs.
The galleries also show the bold bursts of color that come from the inner eye, displayed in geometric shapes or cosmic swirls. Effects begin with colors, using fabric as the masters used paint. Quilting adds another dimension, and thread work is used to highlight and detail. The talent displayed in this art form is as wide and diverse as in any other.
It's fun to visit the websites of various artists and see how different and individual quilts can be. There are also galleries that sell the works of many artists. Exhibits where you can see actual works on display are held all around the US and in many other parts of the world. Awards are given at these exhibits, and many works will be for sale.
Fabrics used are often cottons - chintz or batik or hand-painted organics - but actually almost anything can be and is used. Foils and metallic threads are used for highlights. Texture, color, and details embroidered by hand or machine finish what color, shape, and pattern have started. Some artists use only fabric and thread, while others add beads, 'found objects', ethnic dolls or fetishes, shells, wire, cording, and more.
Both machine and hand embroidery are used to make these one-of-a-kind creations. Each artist has his or her own technique and distinctive style of threadwork, as well as color sense and use of shape, line, and texture. One artist suggests that her works be endlessly explored by changing the angle at which they are hung to get different perspectives on her designs.
This is truly art, not a crafter's imitation of it. It really must be seen to be believed by those of us who haven't been aware of this niche. This is an affordable way to bring art into your home, or you may want to visit galleries and exhibits to simple appreciate what artists have achieved using fabric and thread - and, of course, imagination, talent, and skill.
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