"Absolutes" Cynthia Corbin 1994 35"W x 56"L
This is one of Cynthia's early quilts, unlike what she has been making in the last decade. I met her in a class at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar in California, in about 1992. I was impressed with her class work and eventually asked if she sold her quilts. When she said yes, I asked for some pictures and this one immediately grabbed me. The center rectangle is a "stack and cut and rearrange" technique that seems to have a different name these days. She decided it was too stark and designed borders with curves. Also adding the brown fabric for contrast. I wasn't paying attention to the markings on the slide she sent so I was surprised when I received the quilt in the mail and the sleeve was on one of the long sides. I thought it was a vertical quilt and I had the perfect spot for it - so it has two sleeves, for horizontal hanging that Cynthia sewed on and for vertical hanging that I sewed on. And I do hang it both ways. To me the center feels calm with the limited color selection and the wonderful borders add movement and vitality.
Cynthia is known for her intense quilting - rows and rows -sometimes an 1/8 of an inch apart and sometimes wider spacing. Her quilts have been in many exhibits and she teaches in the USA and internationally.
1 comment:
I love the quilt!
I'm looking forward to taking a second class from her beginning March 8 at Asilomar. She stretches me more than any teacher I've ever met!
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