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| Version 1 |
As I love art and the size was not painful, it seemed a good thing to do, although choosing an artist took me ages - who actually is my favourite artist? I like the work of so many. Should I choose someone instantly recognisable or go for a contemporary artist no-one would have heard of or, or, or... Too much choice. So I prevaricated, until one day I opened an old sketchbook and found a photo of a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth and thought it would make a great starting point for a quilt. It was a piece I had seen at the Hepworth late 2015 and it reminded me of the many drawings I was making of stones. I liked the idea of choosing Barbara Hepworth - well known, but not too well known and also a female artist as the majority people have heard of are men.
I had got very excited when I saw her sculptures for the first time at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park of shapes with holes, especially as I was making images of people with holes at that time.
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| Computer drawings |
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| Trying out the fabrics |
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| Quilting pattern sketch |
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| Another quilting pattern sketch |
In the end, I made a second, smaller version for the SAQA Suitcase Collection, so got to try out two quilting patterns. Which one do you prefer?
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| Version 2 |
4 comments:
I prefer the circular pattern, I like the variations in size of the negative space, to me it accentuates the stone design. For the CQ suitcase I too chose a female artist, Bridget Riley, fitted in with my ongoing striped pieces
Bridget Riley definitely fits with your work, Irene - what a great choice. I saw some of her work in Edinburgh a few weeks ago. I find it hard to look at with all the vibrating lines.
I prefer Version 2 because the 'stones' seem to float above the background and because the background looks more arty and less quilty : )
Thanks Lesley. I wonder if the 'floaty' effect is because it is a bigger piece - I used the same technique on both of them.
Good to see split vote here too!
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