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.
Go online to learn more about creations made of fabric, thread, and decorative objects chosen by the artist to enhance the effect. You'll find quilts to use as wall hangings or as bed coverings, of course, but also pillows, table runners, coasters, placemats, and other pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects.
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 very educational to visit individual sites posted by those who use this medium to express their vision. You'll find out more about the artists; one was a geologist who now uses earth colors and flowing shapes to evoke majestic mountains and the beauty of individual rock formations. You'll also find out about galleries and exhibits where works are displayed and may 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.
All art lovers will appreciate the effects that artistic quilters achieve. There's something for everyone here: the serenity of nature, the symbolism of such enduring subjects as the Tree of Life, the energy of vibrant color, the tension of shape and line, and the fun of having a totally unique piece of art to call your own. There's a wide range of prices, too; no need to fear that everything is out of your reach. Whether you think you might like to do an art quilt yourself or you just want to window shop, you'll enjoy finding out more about quilts made by talented artists.
Go online to learn more about creations made of fabric, thread, and decorative objects chosen by the artist to enhance the effect. You'll find quilts to use as wall hangings or as bed coverings, of course, but also pillows, table runners, coasters, placemats, and other pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects.
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 very educational to visit individual sites posted by those who use this medium to express their vision. You'll find out more about the artists; one was a geologist who now uses earth colors and flowing shapes to evoke majestic mountains and the beauty of individual rock formations. You'll also find out about galleries and exhibits where works are displayed and may 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.
All art lovers will appreciate the effects that artistic quilters achieve. There's something for everyone here: the serenity of nature, the symbolism of such enduring subjects as the Tree of Life, the energy of vibrant color, the tension of shape and line, and the fun of having a totally unique piece of art to call your own. There's a wide range of prices, too; no need to fear that everything is out of your reach. Whether you think you might like to do an art quilt yourself or you just want to window shop, you'll enjoy finding out more about quilts made by talented artists.
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