July 2022
Its been really enlightening. Researching all kinds of art. So time for a reassessment and a new textile artists statement.
I didnt quite understand how we got from a blanket on a bed to a table runner to a scrap quilt or an art quilt that was more like a painting. Ive done lots of research and it is a little bit clearer now. Basically there are no rules and no limits within the making of quilts. The word itself means different things on different continents. And it doesnt have to be called "quilt" and it doesnt have to have 3 layers. Who knew?
2021/2022 Art Research : Visual arts includes anything that can be seen, basically. There are many categories of visual arts. Costumes for a play; textile anything; mixed media, painting, fashion, furniture, sculpture... all these things.
Art quilts fall into this group of the visual arts.
Art quilts can be furnishings. Art quilts can be textile art that is used for decoration or to adorn furniture OR might document an event and be preserved for family. So there are no rules. (I still dont like any kind of glue LOL)
It is becoming more clear to me. That pictures and patchwork and embroidery.... all these elements.... have been embraced. By people who need to solve their artistic and/or supply needs.
I celebrate that in a time of hardship or plenty, people feel freedom to create a textile piece that they like, that serves them well. I like that the quilt means something to them.
NOTE: for me, the value in the piece is the creator, the process, the materials, the feeling of accomplishment.
17 Nov 2010
The travelling continues.... trying to understand the value of textile art... through definition for myself and what it is to others.From a flat globe work to a 3D globe to a 3D orange segment globe.... well that wont be quilt art will it. So there is one reason why fibre, fabric, textile... all these terms give you the experience so much better than quilt art.
Never any glue.... always just fabric and fibre. No fusing.
But new topic... the new term "up cycling".... code for probably found it in the back of my cupboard or at an opp shop.
16 Nov 2010
My own rules for my own work.
1. Never ever use fabric glue.
2. Always finish edges.
3. Always show a color or black & white print of the inspiration.
BRB
Currently I believe there are 3 options to displaying my own textile art.
1. Never ever use fabric glue.
2. Always finish edges.
3. Always show a color or black & white print of the inspiration.
BRB
Currently I believe there are 3 options to displaying my own textile art.
1. Make a single layer work and back it onto a ready made canvas.
2. Make a 3 layer sandwich piece with finished but free form edges.
3. Make a 3 layer sandwich piece with four straight edges with purposeful border strips.
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Im currently trying to reflect on what Ive discovered about textile art. It has been suggested to me that I need to be asking the right questions. Im pondering the dilemma.
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I embarked on a journey to find out what people who make quilt art might believe defines their work. Ive been unable to really make any sense of it. In the 21st century it seems incomprehensible that "artists" insist that one does what ever one wants... as long as it all turns out in the end.
I suppose on one side of the brain all artists have been experimental. But there were always people who studied with the masters. The same people or others.... kept journals and scrapbooks of ideas and things that worked so well that within their field... these became principles, rules even.
There will be a thesis somewhere, not too difficult to find, that sorts this all out. The writer will no doubt be on nerve tablets and a recluse. It isnt a pleasant thing in some circles to ask a lot of questions. To be the kind of person who embraces absolutes.
2. Make a 3 layer sandwich piece with finished but free form edges.
3. Make a 3 layer sandwich piece with four straight edges with purposeful border strips.
* * * * * * * *
Im currently trying to reflect on what Ive discovered about textile art. It has been suggested to me that I need to be asking the right questions. Im pondering the dilemma.
* * * * * * * *
I embarked on a journey to find out what people who make quilt art might believe defines their work. Ive been unable to really make any sense of it. In the 21st century it seems incomprehensible that "artists" insist that one does what ever one wants... as long as it all turns out in the end.
I suppose on one side of the brain all artists have been experimental. But there were always people who studied with the masters. The same people or others.... kept journals and scrapbooks of ideas and things that worked so well that within their field... these became principles, rules even.
There will be a thesis somewhere, not too difficult to find, that sorts this all out. The writer will no doubt be on nerve tablets and a recluse. It isnt a pleasant thing in some circles to ask a lot of questions. To be the kind of person who embraces absolutes.
