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It's been an interesting week.
I have sent out the pictures of the second VooDoo Shoppe quilt to several people. The CM manager said it was "beautiful" but I think that was so much platitude. I don't think they quite understand what I am doing. Not sure I know what I am doing. But there are all sorts of ideas for the quilts that are popping in my head.
Lyrics in place of the beaded rays making one for each song that I think is relevant:
Home
The Avenue
New Orleans
VooDoo shoppe
The End of Canal Street
Covering the rays with tulle
Making one with the mask as the primary focus
Doing a larger quilt and cutting it up into "tiles"
I have shown the quilts to several quilters even some who do not understand my work and each time I have gotten a response that tells me that they are getting emotions and feelings from the quilts. This is interesting to me as I didn't think that the quilts came out looking anything like my usual work.
Now I am told by quilters far more advanced than me that my quilts should always have an underlying essence that will show a connection to my other work and I didn't think that was true of these quilts. what seems to happen is that I start working on them and five or six hours later I pick up my head and there is a quilt almost finished.
Met for lunch on Saturday with a quilter whose opinion I value. She is not yet at that "professional quilter" stage though she is closer than I am and has actually begun to sell many of her works. She looked at the quilts and told me that she had no doubt that it was my work. That it isn't what I usually do but the essence of my work is definitely there and if she had to pick out my work in a gallery she would know that it was these pieces. So I guess it is going well.
This same quilter has an entry into some of the top quilters in No CA, particularly, Judith Content, president of SAQA and Therese May, one of the top named art quilters. she tells me that they are both interested in me and my work and want me to be encouraged to do more and to begin entering my work for consideration in shows at SAQA. All I know is that Therese has been very friendly to me at all the meetings I have been at with her even when this other quilter is not there. And Judith keeps looking at me when I present at a meeting the way a mother looks at her child and is approving of how I preformed. At the last SAQA meeting she did not butt in on anyone's presentation but when I presented she spoke up and asked me to tell the group about John Marshall. That floored me...these were fiber people... how would they not know the ultimate expert in all things Japanese Fiber. But when I finished telling these people what I know of John, Judith just leaned back and shaking here head and smiled at me like I had just passed the ultimate test.
This coupled with the comment made by Kevin and Andrew, the costume con guys to ryuutchi that her mother was "on the cutting edge of brilliant." This is making my head spin.
I plan to send the photos of the VooDoo Quilts to Marion Coleman and Joanell and see their response.
I have sent out the pictures of the second VooDoo Shoppe quilt to several people. The CM manager said it was "beautiful" but I think that was so much platitude. I don't think they quite understand what I am doing. Not sure I know what I am doing. But there are all sorts of ideas for the quilts that are popping in my head.
Lyrics in place of the beaded rays making one for each song that I think is relevant:
Home
The Avenue
New Orleans
VooDoo shoppe
The End of Canal Street
Covering the rays with tulle
Making one with the mask as the primary focus
Doing a larger quilt and cutting it up into "tiles"
I have shown the quilts to several quilters even some who do not understand my work and each time I have gotten a response that tells me that they are getting emotions and feelings from the quilts. This is interesting to me as I didn't think that the quilts came out looking anything like my usual work.
Now I am told by quilters far more advanced than me that my quilts should always have an underlying essence that will show a connection to my other work and I didn't think that was true of these quilts. what seems to happen is that I start working on them and five or six hours later I pick up my head and there is a quilt almost finished.
Met for lunch on Saturday with a quilter whose opinion I value. She is not yet at that "professional quilter" stage though she is closer than I am and has actually begun to sell many of her works. She looked at the quilts and told me that she had no doubt that it was my work. That it isn't what I usually do but the essence of my work is definitely there and if she had to pick out my work in a gallery she would know that it was these pieces. So I guess it is going well.
This same quilter has an entry into some of the top quilters in No CA, particularly, Judith Content, president of SAQA and Therese May, one of the top named art quilters. she tells me that they are both interested in me and my work and want me to be encouraged to do more and to begin entering my work for consideration in shows at SAQA. All I know is that Therese has been very friendly to me at all the meetings I have been at with her even when this other quilter is not there. And Judith keeps looking at me when I present at a meeting the way a mother looks at her child and is approving of how I preformed. At the last SAQA meeting she did not butt in on anyone's presentation but when I presented she spoke up and asked me to tell the group about John Marshall. That floored me...these were fiber people... how would they not know the ultimate expert in all things Japanese Fiber. But when I finished telling these people what I know of John, Judith just leaned back and shaking here head and smiled at me like I had just passed the ultimate test.
This coupled with the comment made by Kevin and Andrew, the costume con guys to ryuutchi that her mother was "on the cutting edge of brilliant." This is making my head spin.
I plan to send the photos of the VooDoo Quilts to Marion Coleman and Joanell and see their response.