Lava was created from a single piece of my own hand-dyed fabric. I distorted the fabric by slicing is up, staggering the pieces and then sewing it back together. The black strip signifies "nothingness, deep in the earth; where the lava comes from". As usual it is heavily quilted, using 10 different threads to add to the color patterns. I used many metallic threads; gold, bronze red, garnet and black to signify the metals found in lava. I found this challenge exceptionally challenging; the more I studied Color Field Painting, the more I became confused. Hopefully this fits the the description; it was fun and I am happy with the piece. Just need to finish the edges and label it. It measures 22"x26"
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8 comments:
This is gorgeous and IMO a perfect Color Field piece. I love your quilting, too.
Margie, this is spectacular! I think.. from what I can gather.. it fits the challenge. I love your quilting on it.. so 'right'..
Great job!
Your quilting is gorgeous, I had to sit and stare at it for awhile. It is just a spectacular piece!
Margie, IMHO this piece is 'color field'. Your creating strips and putting them back together is a great way to emulate the looser edges that some of the painters created. Your quilting is so detailed and varied. It adds a lot of additional interest to the piece. I like looking at it on its side with the black on the bottom too. Great challenge response!
I am in awe! You have depicted your subject and it's emotion (fire, heat, uncontrollable) so well with both the fabric and the quilting. I could spend a lot of time just admiring your quilting talent. A beautiful piece.
Hi Margie, this is very expressive use of color...love what you have done with the staggering of the pieces to add movement and interest. It belongs in a museum..it's wonderful
Cynthia
I love this representation piece. The black to the left grounds it quite well.
Wonderful color, Great movement. I wonder how this piece would look with a bit of black running horizontal 3/4 of the way from the top.
Judy Rys
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