A few comparisons come to mind.
-- his is made from glass, iron and copper wire; mine are made from fabric and thread
-- each of his little bits is a little over one inch square; each of mine is somewhere in the vicinity of 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 inch
-- his little bits are arrayed against a solid black background in a black frame; mine hang from rods, either against the wall or in the middle of the room
-- his has 110 little bits; mine have a lot more (about 1300 in The Great Lawn, the smallest; just over 4000 in Memorial Day, the largest)
-- he's famous; I'm not
-- he's dead; so far I'm not.
Hi Kathy, I'm delighted you are creating a blog. I'll follow, with interest, and occasionally make comments. I found your comments right on target with the comparisons. And I'm glad you are not dead. Me too.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think you're pretty famous. We all ooohed and ahed over your quilt at QN and it did win the Japan Award. I never head of him, but I sure heard of you.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blogosphere.
ReplyDeletePS - glad to hear you aren't dead.
Your pieces are huge compared to Josef Albers but you have so many more and they were probably more tedious to put together. I think you win if it's a contest. Isn't it fun when you see work that reminds you of you? Especially when the other artist is famous!
ReplyDeleteWell to blogland. I look forward to following your projects and new blog.
ReplyDeletethanks to everybody for the kind words!
ReplyDeleteYou are too funny. Are you sure you're not dead?
ReplyDeletegood for you! I will add you to my list, and look forward to "seeing" you more than once a month.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Definitely worth a read. You need to write an article for Art in America saying you've (he has) been reincarnated as a fiber artist and textiles are now fine art.
ReplyDeleteI really love your blog
ReplyDeletedon't know how i found it
but its not left my desk top for days...
just reading about the postage quilts I love them
they remind me of Inchies and what
one might do as a display
Solvey can be a major design problem
i might have hung the quilt outside over a shower curtain and hit it with a squirt gun... but with the mass you had it'd be a mess what ever you did. once you have a batch of solvey its possible to take the scraps and put it in a jar with a wee bit of water
and use it as paste.. but still that would be a 5 gallon tub of goo!
enough to wall paper a room? ;8^j
i think you'll enjoy "http://mornacrites-moore.blogspot.com/"
"http://www.mornacrites-moore.com/" the fiber section has little square of wool dreams, your postage stamps bring to mind...
the confusion of process verses craftsmanship and artistry is interesting... around here a machine sewn quilt is more valued than one that looks like it was done by hand, its the cost paid to the sewer that makes it valuable, when its paid for and random ... i find it frustrating to see the machine done in such away they've ignored the piece work almost erasing the fines design of the piece work.
i will try to do a stamp quilt too
the logistics seems like a wonderful design puzzle
I have done small quilts as pins
"http://pics.livejournal.com/faunhaert/pic/000x5z7k/g42"
it was a peieced to gether then i puled them back apart to used as individual bits .
Thank you for your thoughtful writing
Faun