Ok,,throwing myself to the lions here...LOL
8x10.5"
cut the entire silhouette out of black fabric, placed it over the orangy background and then appliqued the closer leaves on... stitched around all the leaves with green metallic thread, and quilted the rest with black and invisible threads...
not quite sure if I met the 3d part of this challenge..I thought the boy's figure would do it, but since technically he is flat is he still "3d"?
I really like this piece. The only confusion was when I read your comments and you mentioned the light from inside the room on the closer leaves. Because the child is dark, the light should be from the sun, with him sitting in the dark looking out. I have no idea why the words changed my visual perception of the work, but they did and I had to go back and look again. I know that isn't a comment on the work per se, but it did strike me. I think you did a good job with giving the feeling of depth by using the lighter yellows against the orange.
ReplyDeletegood point though, after thinking asbout it, you're right! If there was light in the room he wouldnt be dark. I will remove that part from my comments!
ReplyDeleteI love this piece! The colors of the trees make me think of sunset. The yellows and greens of the leaves next to the window show the change of the season.
ReplyDeleteThe siloute is nice, especially the way you designed the window. You paid such careful attention to the window so it looks like the window is open. The figure of the child is nice. It makes me think the boy is leaning on the window with his chin propped up in his hand, happily daydreaming or maybe watching wildlife. I love the detail of the ear!
I feel like I should offer something that could be changed to make the quilt better, so I would suggest you square the top off better (then again the picture may just have been taken at an angle which would result in looking less than square). Also, it is very clear where your binding meets at the bottom. I am terrible at bindings myself!
I have really enjoyed seeing this quilt and the story you have told in this image. Such a peaceful quilt!
Great depth with the yellow leaves in front of the orange trees.
ReplyDeleteReally like your piece
Priscilla
Cathy - I think this work is very pleasing - I was immediately drawn into the peaceful feeling of the boy looking out into the ending of another day. You certainly achieved a sense of visual depth. What an engaging little quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being the first to "throw yourself to the lions".
Roberta
Cathy - I think this work is very pleasing - I was immediately drawn into the peaceful feeling of the boy looking out into the ending of another day. You certainly achieved a sense of visual depth. What an engaging little quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being the first to "throw yourself to the lions".
Roberta
Cathy, I loved your piece. And IMHO you did meet the 3D aspect. There is the perception of dimension in the boy and window.
ReplyDeleteCan you get your hands on Harriet Hargraves book on Machine Quilting? She has the perfect way to finish bindings so that no one knows where you began and we ended!
marlene
Thanks for the book suggestion Marlene, I will have to keep my eyes open for it. I do struggle with bindings!
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a successful piece. Lovely colors, very good depth. It has a wistful feeling to me.
Cynthia
I really like how the background behind the leaves gives an even further sense of depth to the piece. You can really feel the sense of distance through the woods. Someone already mentioned the binding; you might want to consider a "no-binding" finish on this type of piece because the binding seems to distract from the sense of the silhouette being a flat "wall".
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Wonderful job on the leaves and the value changes in the background really add a sense of depth well. I liked how the close up leaves were differing colors and the background, monochromatic. That adds a lot to the sense of depth also.
ReplyDeleteIf you wanted even more depth from the very lovely close-up leaves, you could add some that appear to be curved away from you in different directions. If you have a digital camera, take some photos of leafy parts of trees and study the depth of field, angles, foreshortening etc. If you did not feel up to drawing them you could trace the outlines of the ones you liked.