"Nesting #2-a" Claire Waguespack Fenton 2007
Fabric Postcard - 6"W x 4"L
When I started doing the "Sunday's Quilt" on 10-12-08 one of Claire's small quilts was the first up. It wasn't as small as this one, however in 2007 fiber cards were the hot projects everyone was pursuing and I started a collection of them, originally in support of Virginia Speigel's FFAC project. And I still add pieces now and then. In 2008 I had this to say about Claire.
"I am very attracted to Claire's work, especially those she calls nests. Her artist statement includes the comment: "the nest, the ultimate habitat, symbolic of safety and security: a snug refuge.” So, you see, she has an elegant way of defining her ideas. Claire has lived all of her life in the southern part of Louisiana and after Katrina she increasingly incorporated the hurricane and its aftermath in her designs. Ike went over her area" ... in September 2008 doing further devastation to many places effected by Katrina. It takes resilient people to live in the southeast of the USA.
She also does photography, mixed media and sculpture.
Check her website: www/clairefenton.com
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