tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post5941240505127470242..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Bad analogiesKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-30692612978444385752012-07-07T07:57:03.696-04:002012-07-07T07:57:03.696-04:00Hi Kathy. Glad to see you are doing ok. I stumbl...Hi Kathy. Glad to see you are doing ok. I stumbled upon your blog while searching for some art quilt inspiration. <br /><br />I understand what you were saying much better now. Comparing the fair to an art contest confused me.<br /><br />For 35 years I've promoted the art of stitching quilt layers together. This is an often over looked part of art quilts. I see art quilts with what I think is great design or great color choices but poorly thought out stitching designs. The stitching doesn't compliment or become part of the design but rather fights with it for attention of the viewer. <br /><br />Of course I'm not an artist and have no background in art. I'm still an artist wannabe. My eyes focus on what I know the most about when I look at an art quilt. That would be the stitching. <br /><br />But, doesn't every viewer do the same thing? Focus on what they are expecting to see or know the most about? For example, someone with a strong understanding of design. Don't they focus on the design of a piece while someone else focuses on color and still another focus on technique? Wouldn't this also apply to judges? Wouldn't this also apply to the artist when a piece is made? The artist focus on what is their strongest talent?<br /><br />Sorry Kathy, I'm simply trying to understand and learn by asking more questions.<br /><br />Kathy, what's wrong with the quilt examples you showed? I see nothing wrong with them and want to understand what you see that I don't. I know what I would do to them but what will you do?Na Nahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536204640038696190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-61501483435868985382012-07-06T14:39:37.483-04:002012-07-06T14:39:37.483-04:00Bravo. Another inspirational post. All that glit...Bravo. Another inspirational post. All that glitters is not gold. I never tire of hearing your uncensored opinions.Mary Keaslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908710230407490209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-92052558702133432082012-07-05T19:53:41.401-04:002012-07-05T19:53:41.401-04:00Kathy, I agree entirely. For many years now I hav...Kathy, I agree entirely. For many years now I have viewed the art quilt movement as separated into two camps: Those who arrived via the quilting field and those who arrived via the art field. For the most part, the art quilters who arrived via the quilt field are still fixated on the frosting and fancy techniques, whereas the art quilters who arrived via the art field are making art based on their foundation of fine art education and/or experience. Although I arrived at art quilting from the quilting camp, my involvement with other artistic mediums and my life-long observation and appreciation of the principles and elements of design in art and of art history, made me realize early on that I must concentrate on design principles and eschew the fancy 'frosting' if I was to make a serious artistic statement and body of work that can compete in the larger world outside of quilt shows, local, regional or international. Thanks for bringing this topic to the fore. And let's go to the last two or three Quilt National and Visions exhibits and count the number of works with bead, angelina, foil, and glitter. They are in the minority. (Mia Culpa: Actually, one of them would be my OH SAY CAN YOU CELL where I used silver duct tape, the backs of fake jewels and sequins, but I used them to make a statement within a defined context, not just for the sake of unnecessary decoration.) Stay tuned, I need to take another look at my QN and Visions catalogs anyway....Debbie BeinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-32342118327638789752012-07-04T17:53:48.271-04:002012-07-04T17:53:48.271-04:00Margaret -- I tend to agree with you, but what can...Margaret -- I tend to agree with you, but what can you do when you want to build on a catchy remark by somebody else?<br /><br />and why stop at bread -- how about some nice nutritious sweet potato?<br /><br />maybe it's appropriate that this post is titled "bad analogies..."kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-50200136267891044692012-07-04T16:28:08.318-04:002012-07-04T16:28:08.318-04:00Cake?? still too much sugar! How about some intere...Cake?? still too much sugar! How about some interesting, sustaining bread...?Margaret Cooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529035740804527176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-1495790648223743032012-07-04T13:10:47.580-04:002012-07-04T13:10:47.580-04:00Stevii - you're absolutely right -- Visions is...Stevii - you're absolutely right -- Visions is right up there with QN in terms of high artistic standards.kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-34021315176727209142012-07-04T12:37:04.783-04:002012-07-04T12:37:04.783-04:00Please give Visions in San Diego some credit. Thos...Please give Visions in San Diego some credit. Those people are trying hard to keep the show going. They have been using jurors from the art world for a long time.Steviihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521385078124676186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-65411707220834184222012-07-04T12:00:08.908-04:002012-07-04T12:00:08.908-04:00Well stated! Thank you.Well stated! Thank you.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450692679207964671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-76665332995351548072012-07-04T11:52:23.277-04:002012-07-04T11:52:23.277-04:00Feel like a salmon swimming upstream? I can answe...Feel like a salmon swimming upstream? I can answer your questions about the books and videos and magazines claiming to be for art quilters in spite of selling them patterns and stitch-by-the-numbers classes- basically the glitz sells, the short-cuts, the quick way to get there! I taught for years all over the country giving what diluted down to a basic 7th grade art class teaching the elements of art as seen through fabric. It was a fun well-researched class designed to give people the tools to make art, but couldn't hold a candle to a technique class going on next door! Not many people want the cake when there is a tub of frosting to dip into! Keep up the good fight, you have back-up!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286461271083389001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-43405616610519280272012-07-04T09:16:38.848-04:002012-07-04T09:16:38.848-04:00I am putting together a class for our local guild ...I am putting together a class for our local guild on the basics of design in landscape. This will be a beginner class. I am not sure how many will be interested, but I know that some are. I like all the frosting. I like bright color. But I agree that the bones start on design.Judy Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180946416704333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-33683896347933560942012-07-04T08:11:56.894-04:002012-07-04T08:11:56.894-04:00Irene: I wrote about this subject in my June 12 p...Irene: I wrote about this subject in my June 12 post.<br /><br />Many basic design texts are available in the library or online, but the short answer is to read a lot about art and think a lot about art. You have to flex your seeing/thinking muscles with a lot of practice.kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-73360996227570035232012-07-04T06:42:26.369-04:002012-07-04T06:42:26.369-04:00I frequently read references to "strong desig...I frequently read references to "strong design" but no explanation to what this is. I probably do not have the correct reference books, but I do not even know what to look for. I know this is a very complex topic, and condensing into a blog is unrealistic -- but I sure would like some direction. Color, focus point, symmetry, asymmetry?Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480168196174544125noreply@blogger.com