Open Studio reception
Hi again,
Almost everybody contributed to quilting the donation quilt
Hey thanks to everyone who came to my open studio. It was great fun. Humm, that’s not a character flaw to be so into showing off is it?
We managed to get almost everyone who visited to take their turn at the quilting machine and contribute to the completion of the donation quilt for Binky Patrol. A number of the visitors were artists from the local area. Some of their comments gave me pause and lead me to believe that I should connect with the local arts scene more often. One local artist asked me when I became a quilter. I wasn’t really prepared for that question; I don’t consider myself a quilter. I consider myself an artist. Apparently, the last time we spent any significant time together, I was still exclusively painting and drawing.
I see the source of the confusion though. Here we are looking at my artwork and the ancillary activities are looking at a traditional quilt I made with my niece and working together on a quilt to be donated to some needy youth.
I managed to relate the fact that I’m not a quilter. I am executing work on my portraits and other art with fiber now. The quilting of the works allows me another circuit within which to infuse meaning or complexity in the portrait. I suppose, of course, I could stretch it on a frame to look like a traditional painting, but I just have the feeling that something very special would be lost in that conformity.
Neighbors and friends were also among the visitors to the Open Studio. Do you recognize the brunette? She's the model for the portrait in the Blog masthead.
