Caught in the Plastic Flow, Part 2
As soon as the prompt, Deconstruct, was released, I knew I had to make another piece using plastic. I deconstructed plastic bags to use as collage material. While making this one, I thought about all the plastic in the rivers and oceans. I see plastic washed up on the beach
Deconstruction for Creation
As I contemplated how to express the theme of ‘destruction’, my initial idea was to dismantle one of my existing works and transform it into something entirely new. My first candidate was a large curved-piecing quilt, but its size made the process impractical. I then turned to an apron I
The War of the Worlds
The 5-7 prompt had been given as Deconstruction (ed) (ing). Deconstruction is a process, so I thought I would take plenty of photographs to illustrate the process I use to create a textile and use them as the basis of my text about the resulting quilt. Our local quilt group
Reverse Engineering
An abandoned old truck being overtaken by nature.
Second Wind
12 years ago, I was experimenting with layering color by removing color from black cloth and overdyeing sometimes 6-10 times of repeating this process. I was also experimenting with ice dyeing. I had the idea to create holes in the cloth by cutting or burning them and putting another piece
Broken but Beautiful
In the blog post of June 30th, I wrote about an event from my childhood. Now, 60 years later, I am going to use this story. If I could have glued the broken bowl back then with gold paint, I certainly would have. Whether my parents and grandparents would have
From inside the trash can
As quilters, we often cut out only our favorite parts of a fabric and throw the rest into the wastebasket. I used to save those leftovers as well, but they kept accumulating endlessly. In the past, piecing together such small scraps was considered the very essence of patchwork. Today, however,
Always Constructing!
Living in Niagara Falls, Ontario we have a saying…..there are three seasons….Summer, Winter and Construction! This is the norm. There are always old buildings being deconstructed to make way for a new construction. That is the tourist industry. Just like outdated buildings , I , as an artist have outdated
Artificial
I have a quilting colleague here in Florida who makes beautiful art from throwaway materials like plastic bags, fancy paper napkins, mesh from vegetables, etc. Her name is Ellen Schwark and she has inspired me to try using unconventional materials in my own art. For our Deconstruction theme, I decided
A Journey from Plant to Paper and Back Again
Not Quite Full Circle… The papyrus plant has such a fascinating history — it was once broken down and transformed into paper, a material that has carried human stories, poetry, and history for thousands of years. One only needs to visit a museum with an Egyptian collection to see yellowing
Deconstruction – many ways
My first thoughts on this topic turn to what is happening to our precious United States of America every minute of every day. But I digress. As deconstruction relates to quilting, I think of artist Paula Kovarik https://www.paulakovarik.com/ , who takes quilts that she previously made, cuts them into small
Deconstructing Everywhere
When this prompt was first revealed, I started seeing the term “deconstruction” being used in connection with fabric, not in the literal sense of tearing it apart or separating articles of clothing, but through various chemical applications. It was a bit of a mystery to me, and having no quilt