Jane Davila began her professional art career as a printmaker specializing in etchings and intaglios. Her prints are to be found in many private and coprporate collections. Elin Waterston has a background is costume design and works with mixed media such as painting, dyeing, and manipulating fabrics.
August 2015 Quilts are invariably bed covers, but they don’t have
to be. This workbook aids quilters to make the transition to
creating art quilts through eleven chapters, each a wallhanging
sized 9” x 12”. What makes a quilt an art quilt? When it departs
from being an arrangement of blocks and brings in elements from
other disciplines such as collage, photography and freestyle
piecing to create something personal and unique. I was impressed
initially by the list of basic skills you need to have in order to
get the most out of the book. This would be a great feature in all
practical books; after all, unless the book states clearly that it
is for beginners then presumably some skills are needed in order to
create the projects. I also liked the lists of basic supplies and
nice to have supplies, as so often not all the items listed at the
front of a practical book are essential. The projects put the
quilter through all the paces of various methods, including adding
embellishments, freestyle machine embroidery, using paint, piecing
techniques, photography etc. Each chapter is a project and involves
exercises to do, new ways of looking at things, tips on how to get
the creative juices flowing and ideas about what to do and how to
do it. Full Review can be found at: www.myshelf.com
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Quilts are invariably bed covers, but they don't have to be. This
workbook aids quilters to make the transition to creating art
quilts through eleven chapters, each a wallhanging sized 9”x12.
What makes a quilt an art quilt? When it departs from being an
arrangement of blocks and brings in elements from other disciplines
such as collage, photography and freestyle piecing to create
something personal and unique. I was impressed initially by the
list of basic skills you need to have in order to get the most out
of the book. This would be a great feature in all practical books;
after all, unless the book states clearly that it is for beginners,
then presumably some skills are needed in order to create the
projects. I also liked the lists of basic supplies and nice to have
supplies, as so often not all the items listed at the front of a
practical book are essential. The projects put the quilter through
all the paces of various methods, including adding embellishments,
freestyle machine embroidery, using paint, piecing techniques,
photography etc. Each chapter is a project and involves exercises
to do, new ways of looking at things, tips on how to get the
creative juices flowing and ideas about what to do and how to do
it. There are lists of websites showing similar work and artists to
check out, complete with a warning that all links might not still
be live when the book is out (a wise thing to note). I applaud a
hands-on approach like this, surely the best way of learning any
practical subject. The final chapter is all about being an artist,
and how to get your work noticed. There are links here too, but
mostly useful to US quilters, which is after all where the book was
written and published. This is a useful and innovative resource for
all quilters who want to try something different.
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