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The Zodiac
90" w x 90" h (2006)
In 2005 I needed to take a break and devote time to
something with more personal relevance and an artistic challenge. I found an embroidery I had
created in my teenage years, a simple design of the wheel of the Zodiac,
with imagery for each sign. What if I could
come up with an image per sign that I would enjoy creating? The
challenge to create a cohesive design, and to take as long as I wanted
with each section was an appealing idea. I hoped the variety of 17
different designs within the piece would keep me interested for the
duration.
Well, it took over 6 months
and just over 500 hours,
and I loved every minute of it. The hardest part was
waiting so long to see how it was going to look when it was all
connected!
I started with the central moon and planets, and was so happy
with that, I knew I'd have to try to be just as satisfied with each
section around it. One challenge was to
create images that would fit within the sections in the proper
orientation. The final challenge
was to fit the sections together in a circle.
Aries starts at the 9:00 position, and the signs progress counterclockwise around the chart. The 4 elements are
depicted in the corners.
Predominately machine appliqué, some
machine piecing, hand painting for details and shading, hand embroidery,
machine couched decorative yarns, hand-beaded, prairie points around the
central motif, free-motion machine quilted. Over 3,000 pieces of appliquéd
fabric. The back of the piece
features scattered fused stars, along with the original embroidery that
was my inspiration.
Awarded Best
of Show at the 2006 Canadian Quilters Association National Juried
show, Ottawa, ON. It also received the Viewer's
Choice Award.
http://www.canadianquilter.com
Juried
into the International Quilters Association Juried Show, Houston Texas.
Oct 30- Nov. 6th, 2006.
World Quilt Competition
2007,
awarded First Place Best of Country, and
Viewer's
Choice Award at the Chicago Exhibition.
The Road To
California, International competition, 2008, awarded
1st
Place, Art/Portrait. http://www.road2ca.com
Juried into
American Quilters Society International show, Paducah, KY. April 2008.
Awarded 2nd
place, Art - Pictorial. http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/
On display at the
Kingston Quilt Guild Show, May 22nd - 25th, 2008.
Appraised
Value: $20,000.00
CURRENTLY NOT FOR SALE
Publications:
Featured on the
cover of "The Canadian Quilter" magazine, (Fall Issue 2006)
and in a 2-page article by the artist on the Creative Journey. Also pictured
in an article about the CQA National Juried Show.
Featured Artwork
on the Poster for the Oshawa Fibre Art Show, 2006.
Featured on the
postcards and posters advertising "Fibre Art Studios" Premier Show
at the Distillery Historic District, Toronto, Aug. 2006.
Featured in
"Zodiac" magazine, 3rd Quarter issue, 2007, Stavangar, Norway. http://www.sophiasenteret.no
Upcoming TBA,
Quilters Newsletter Magazine, 2008.
Upcoming, The
Zodiac will be one of the quilts featured on the
American Quilters Society 2009 Wall Calendar.
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