This is the last quilt I purchased from the SAQA 2016 online auction. I do love Karen Rips' work. There is a subtlety of expression in each of her pieces and this one spoke to me. Tundra is defined in a dictionary as:
"A cold, treeless, usually lowland area of far northern regions. The lower strata of soil of tundras are permanently frozen, but in summer the top layer of soil
thaws and can support low-growing mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs."
Although I known that Karen has been to lands where tundra is found, I have only
visited in books and movies, but I have a feeling for tundra and no desire to see it
in the flesh. The absence of anything familiar is some how frightening to this city girl
from California. And yet I like looking at the emptiness in this little quilt.
The texture is unique, a technique created by Karen using silk with wool batting.
Very flexible, I imagine it would make a soft, warm, lightweight bed quilt. But I
will enjoy having this special look at tundra on my wall. I wish you could all feel it in
person.
"Tundra" Karen Rips - CA, 2016 12" x 12"
Whole cloth, soy waxed, discharged, wool batting, hand and machine stitched.
The black behind the red is in the fabric, the red is stitched.
A little swatch of lichen.
Necessary info on back.
The back is plain and knife edged.
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1 comment:
Know I know what tundra looks like and is! Thank you Karen and Del.
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