Friday Feet 01-29-16

Two views of Yvonne Porcella's fancy shoes that match her gold beret.

 

 

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Wordless Wednesday 01-27-16

 

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Yvonne Porcella Exhibit at Visions Art Museum 01-26-16

 I drove to San Diego for the opening of Visions Art Museum's latest exhibit.  In the main gallery is a wonderful display of Yvonne Porcella's quilts from over 50 years of being an artist and in the small gallery are the quilts of Kathleen Probst who is fairly new to the world of art quilts and is going strong. 

In the center is Museum Director Beth Smith making introductions.  On the right is Yvonne Porcella in her great gold beret and her grandson Vince in front of "And Then Termites Ate the Purple Dog".  On the left is Kathleen Probst.

 Yvonne sits in front of one of her quilts for a conversation with Arline Lowenthal  a guest at the opening. 

Kathleen Probst in front of Alinea #5, one of her quilts, explaining her work to a guest.

 

It was a lovely opening and the munchies were pretty special too..

 

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Quilt Winners 01-25-16

 

Betty's quilt, Mycology, (above) received the most votes from our members and visitors at Visions Art Museum in San Diego in the recent exhibition, Interpretations: Celebrating 30 Years.

The Viewer's Choice Award is acknowledged after the close of each exhibition. Betty will receive a one year membership at Visions Art Museum, and our thanks for contributing to a spectacular exhibition.
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$10,000, $7500 & $5000 Winning Quilts

 

They are amazing. Take a look at the Award Winning Quilts at Road To California 2016. This is Part 1- The Top $$ Winners.
http://tinyurl.com/jj2pwkw

 

New Quilt by Deb Mackay of San Diego in TCQC 01-24-16

This abstract quilt is from the Visions Abstract Quilter's Challenge.  Members of the Museum are eligible to enter any of the four challenges each year.  The next challenge is

Geometric (14" square) which will show April 16—July 3, 2016.   

 

"Hole Flow"  Deb Mackay - San Diego, CA 10"W x 14"L

Cotton fabric, marbling by the artist, paint, thread painting, machine applique and quilting.

Hole Flow is a word from solid-state physics, for a description go to:

http://mste.illinois.edu/users/Murphy/HoleFlow/HoleFlow.php

Deb is great with marbling and has enhanced her colors by adding the orange paint.

The "frame" and the particles are machine appliqued, thread painting is used on the frame.

www.debmackaytextileart.com

 

A rather whimsical backing.

No label on Deb's quilt - just this identification.

 

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