Recently, I was given a stash of upcycle ready fabrics, cleanly cut sleeves in cotton plaid, cotton and rayon t-shirt materials, chunky sweater materials too. Among this varied and color saturated pile, were two fuchsia, cotton canvas, hemmed squares. Each was a slightly different finished measurement than the other. As I walked through this personsContinue reading “Exploring Upcycled Fabrics: Divine Goddess Imagery in Art”
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Exploring Depth in Textile Art through Color and Texture
A few years ago, when we first bought this home, I began working with appliqué, using my own hand printed cloth. At the time, I was working small, because we were having construction done, and the table that was available to me was limited in size. I had been using the techniques reviewed in PlayfulContinue reading “Exploring Depth in Textile Art through Color and Texture”
Nudity, Art and Quilt Art
Recently the quilt world was aflutter with talk of penises, and I became embroiled in the discussion-of course. The American Quilter’s Society, known as AQS, chose to pull Kathy Nida’s artwork titled, I Was Not Wearing A Life Jacket, from a SAQA show because of a complaint that there was a penis depicted. In Kathy’sContinue reading “Nudity, Art and Quilt Art”
Melanie Testa 