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Electric Ellipses #1
Printable version
- Copyright © 2013 Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
- Size: 30" x 30" (76 cm x 76 cm)
- Techniques: Machine pieced,
and quilted
- Materials: fabric: 100% cotton • batting:
50% cotton/ 50% bamboo
- Owner: Private collection, Austin, TX
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Design
Concept
After piecing the very complex design for Corona #3, I decided to make another composition, based on circles, that was much simpler and more geometric. One of my (as yet unrealized) goals has always been to make a piece that shows as much restraint as a Mark Rothko painting. This was a step in that direction. The top was pieced from four fabrics in my Gradations collection for Benartex and one fabric from my Ombre Strip collection was used for the binding. (available in our Internet
Store).
All of the circular seams in
this quilt were joined using "Applipiecing", a technique
I developed in 1989 to make curved seams fast, easy,
and accurate. Instructions for applipiecing can be found in
our Internet
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I started the design by drawing a 30" x 30" square in Corel Draw, and then sub-dividing it into rectangles. I tried various arrangements and sizes of dots to come up with a final arrangement that I liked. Once I found the arrangement I liked, I filled the shapes with fountain fills to simulate the fabric from my gradations collection, which I planned to use in the actual quilt. The entire design was then drawn on freezer paper to make templates for cutting the fabric. I printed the outlines of the smaller circles to be traced onto the freezer paper. The large circle was drawn with a big compass.
This quilt is part of a solo exhibition called "30 Quilts for 30 Years", which premiered at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, November 2013, and will subsequently travel to additional venues.
Exhibitions:
- Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Paducah, KY, October 2013
- 30 Quilts for 30 Years: Solo, traveling exhibition celebrating
30 years of making art quilts.
- International Quilt Market & Festival, 2013, Houston
TX, October 25–November 3, 2013
- National Quilt Museum, Paducah KY, December 6, 2013
– March 11, 2014
- Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Paducah KY March 15, 2014 – May 1, 2014
- Les Jardins de Magali, Lauris, France (12 quilts) May 8 – May 18, 2014
- Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, August 1, 2014 – September 21, 2014
- Wisconsin Quilt Museum, Cedarburg, WI, January 14- April 12, 2015
Publications
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| Installation at International Quilt Market & Festival, 2013, Houston, TX |
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