Cynthia Corbin quilt (1994) from TCQC 11-19-23

Still having problems with the space bar which is too frustrating for me.  Eight or more strokes to make a space!   So, here is a rerun from  August 2021.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Sunday again and here is another quilt from TCQC.   This is one of twelve that I purchased in the last century.  Doesn't that sound odd?  I started collecting contemporary quilts (now called art quilts) in 1985 but didn't have a lot of extra money and then life got in the way for about a decade.  So, all but twelve quilts have been added since 2000.  This piece is one of the very early additions and I am still glad I bought it and enjoy having it hanging some times.

                          

"Absolutes"  Cynthia Corbin  1994  35"W x 56"L

Machine pieced and quilted.  Cotton fabric, thread, batting.

www.CynthiaCorbin.com

 

I met Cynthia Corbin at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar.  We were in a couple Ruth McDowell classes together in the early 1990s.  I admired her work then and still do today, but have never added another of her quilts to the Collection. I believe this was started in one of Ruth's Symmetry classes and the "border" was added after Cynthia was home in her studio.  I love the addition of brown in the border and those swirling "ribbons" pop out the center panel and add a lot of motion to the composition.  Cynthia lives in the Seattle area.

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Sunday again and here is another quilt from TCQC.   This is one of twelve that I purchased in the last century.  Doesn't that sound odd?  I started collecting contemporary quilts (now called art quilts) in 1985 but didn't have a lot of extra money and then life got in the way for about a decade.  So, all but twelve quilts have been added since 2000.  This piece is one of the very early additions and I am still glad I bought it and enjoy having it hanging sometimes.

                          

"Absolutes"  Cynthia Corbin  1994  35"W x 56"L

Machine pieced and quilted.  Cotton fabric, thread, batting.

www.CynthiaCorbin.com

 

I met Cynthia Corbin at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar.  We were in a couple Ruth McDowell classes together in the early 1990s.  I admired her work then and still do today, but have never added another of her quilts to the Collection. I believe this was started in one of Ruth's Symmetry classes and the "border" was added after Cynthia was home in her studio.  I love the addition of brown in the border and those swirling "ribbons" pop out the center panel and add a lot of motion to the composition.  Cynthia lives in the Seattle area.

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An early Cynthia Corbin quilt 05-01-16

"Absolutes"  Cynthia Corbin  1994  35"W x 56"L

Machine pieced and quilted.

www.CynthiaCorbin.com

 

I met Cynthia Corbin at Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar.  We were in a couple of Ruth McDowell classes together in the early 1990s.  I admired her work then and still do today, but have never added another of her quilts to the Collection. I believe this was started in one of Ruth's Symmetry classes and the "border" was added after Cynthia was home in her studio.  I love the addition of brown in the border and those swirling "ribbons" pop out the center panel and add a lot of motion to the composition.

Cynthia lives in the Seattle area.

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Cynthia Corbin quilt in TCQC 02-15-09

"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.

http://www.cynthiacorbin.com/