"Interpretations" exhibit opening at Visions Art Museum 10-17-15

I am in San Diego at HIE again!   I drove down (2 1/2 hours)  for the opening reception for the "Interpretations" exhibit which opened  today.  This is an International juried exhibit with 32 quilts selected by an international jury - Noriko Endo of Japan, Dena Dale Crain of Africa and Alicia Merrett of UK.  They made wonderful selections and the Visions installation crew did a great job hanging the quilts to enhance our viewing pleasure.  The exhibit runs through January 3, 2016, and I hope you can all get to San Diego to see it "in the fabric".  There is a beautiful catalog available for $3 plus postage.  Check with the Visions staff.

 

This is the cover of the catalog showing Betty Busby's "Mycology".

The light spot in the upper left is a reflection from the lamp in my motel room. 

I tried a flash but it was even worse.  

The back of the catalog shows Marianne Burr's "Eleven 3 Thirteen".

Again there is the reflection from the lamp in the upper left corner.

 

After the reception I was fortunate to go out to Ikiru for a late dinner with Linda Colsh and Kathleen Probst.  We all had something different that has been pictured in this blog previously. Except Linda's selection of California Roll - it has never looked so good!  And  it was delicious.

 

Linda Colsh is giving a presentation tomorrow morning and I will attend that before heading home.  Perhaps lunch first ... at Ikiru?

 

The exhibits missing from Palm Springs were also missing at PIQF.  I understand the shipper was UPS!   Hope they locate the palette/shipping container soon.  Everyone would rather have their quilt than insurance money.

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Friday Feet 10-15-15

 

This little shoeless guy is standing in line with his dad at Starbucks.

Last of the quilts from Oasis Quilt Festival 10-14-15

These are the final pictures I took at Oasis.

 

This is definitely a copy from Erte.  Notice that all the fascinators are the same, just different colors.

Detail of the fancy stitching - very stylish.

Applied decorative trimming.

Linda does beautiful work.

What lovely sinuous stitching lines.

They don't all look like birds, but we know that is what they are.

Laura's work always appeals to me. 

 

 

Here are two more quilts that were displayed without the maker's names.  Apparently this is because they have yet to be judged at PIQF this weekend.  I'm sure the makers are not happy and neither am I, I don't like to post anyone's work without attribution.  If you know who made these "anonymous" quilts, please let me know their names.

Channel quilting is perfect for this quilt.

This quilt was made by Kristin Shields.

Blogger won't let me switch these last two, so the detail comes first. 

 

 

More appropriate quilting lines to enhance the design.

 

More quilts from Oasis Quilt Show 10-13-15

A few more quilts from the Mancuso Oasis Quilt Festival in Palm Springs.  I have another, final, set tomorrow evening.

 

There is a BIG trend to do channel quilting (the name Jean Ray Laury used in the 70s).  Now I have heard it referred to as "matchstick", "toothpick", and "spaghetti" quilting.  It is merely straight rows of stitching regardless of the pieced or appliqued design.  I find that many times it detracts from the design.  The quilting should have some relationship to the design. 

 

This is such a happy quilt,   but I don't understand the borders.  It is nice that they are different, but why not on all sides?  This seems a little tipsy to me.

The quilting is uninspired.  Channel quilting might have been better.

It is not unusual to see skeletons on quilts these days.  But I remember when Jonathan Shannon showed his  1994 Day of the Dead quilt it was a shocking event which cause much discussion and argument.

Notice the little cadavers dancing across the bottom.

The teeth are shiny like glass or plastic.

 

 

Here is an example of channel quilting that doesn't follow the design, but is an effective style for this quilt.

 

It took me several views of this quilt to figure out the title.  The bottom closeup shows the bees in the fabric used for the hexagons - I have bleached out the image a bit so the bees are easier to see.

 

A bee in each hexie.

A lovely tribute to the tapa cloth makers.

 

Beautifully simple. 

The idea behind this quilt is intriguing.  It is similar to those quilts created by sewing a patchwork block every day and assembling them into a quilt.  I don't think this one is as successful as some of those - perhaps because there is nothing in common between the blocks.

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More quilts from Oasis quilt show 10-12-15

Here are eight more quilts from Oasis.  It is sometimes hard to decide what to photograph and I have become more discerning as I age and no longer try to take a picture of every quilt.  Some I take because of the wondrous work(wo)manship, some for the color, some for the subject and some because I want to show them to a quilting friend.  It is important to give credit to the artist and I rarely show a quilt without attribution.

 

This quilt is Best of Country for Israel.

I've taken pictures of Maya's quilts at other shows.  Check for her name on the side bar.

 

Simplicity, but it still looks like buildings

 

There always seems to be one really different quilt in these big shows.  This one cried out to be played with and when I walked past it on Saturday someone had poked in some of the cones.  Just couldn't resist, I guess.

 

Below is a side view - the cones are about 18" long. 

 

This is a datura which is closely related to brugmansia/Angel's Trumpet.
These flowers point up while brugmansia hangs down.

 

 

This quilt is the Best of Country for South Africa.  Fabulous quilting, but it kind of died on a background of the black backdrop.  Trapunto.

 

I'm always hooked by a bird quilt and this large image of a peewee is very nicely done.

 

 

This quilt received an Honorable Mention in the Traditional category.

 

 

I do not  care for the "Rainbow Goddess", but the background is truly amazing.  Such delicate images, very realistically done.

The crocodile whose tail becomes a river and a seahorse within a wave.

 

Kangaroo, meerkats, lion, turtle, polar bear, and some kind of antelope.

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