I was on the road about 9:15 this morning headed to San Diego for the current exhibit at the Visions Museum, lunch at a good fish restaurant nearby and then a stop at Oceanside for one last view of the Visions - 2010 exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Sunday is the last day.
Yes! It is the very blue Pacific - gorgeous, eh? This is part of Camp Pendleton and the clearing near the water is a staging area for practice maneuvers - and the Marines were in action there today.
Yes! It is the very blue Pacific - gorgeous, eh? This is part of Camp Pendleton and the clearing near the water is a staging area for practice maneuvers - and the Marines were in action there today.
A little further south I-5 is slightly elevated and closer to the water, so the waves rolling onto the beach are visible. The bare area across the middle is another staging area - if you click on the pictures you can see more details. Way off to the left on the horizon is a warship - probably connected to the Marine maneuvers.
I took another picture of Velda Newman's "Zinnias" at the Visions Exhibit. And I sat on the bench for about ten minutes just taking it in. So beautiful, so amazing. Hand appliqued and hand quilted. The last image on today's post is the sign that accompanies the quilt.
Because it is such a large quilt (212"W x 87"L) the details are not apparent. There is a lot of 3 dimensional work. Such as these petals - finished back and front and then layered on the quilt.
Here are the same petals from the side so we can see that they are raised.
This shows edges that have been purposefully frayed and we can see the the stamens go under some of the petals.
The red flower center is hollow with the petals cupped around it. More 3-D petals.
This stem is textured with little tucks and appears to have some stuffing inside. More 3-D petals. The blue circles represent pollen flying from the flowers.
"The Quilts Japan Award rewards the artist whose work will encourage and inspire quilt artists internationally. It is awarded by Japan Handi Crafts Instructors' Association and Nihon Vogue Co. Ltd.."
Quoted from the very thorough and informative catalog - great photos by Eric Nancarrow - well worth the price and available from http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/cart/listproducts.asp
2 comments:
Thanks for the close-up views of VN's work -- while I knew these kinds of detail work had to be there, I'd never had a chance to see them before. Fascinating and fun. And I like her statement, too, the way her brain (her gut?) takes over her vision and things get bigger and brighter.
Velda Newman's work is an inspiration for me. The first time I saw one of her pieces was in 1996 up near her home in the Grass Valley area. I was struck by the thought, "quilts can be anything you want them to be."
I've never made a Newmanish type of quilt but nonethelass they inspire me. I pour over her book A Painter's Approach to Quilt Design ever so often to refresh myself.
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