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Pi in the Rye
Printable version
- Copyright © 2011 Caryl Bryer Fallert
- Size: 30" x 30"
- Techniques: Machine pieced, machine appliqued,
and quilted
- Materials: fabric: 100% cotton / batting: 80% cotton
| 20% polyester
- Owner: Caryl Bryer Fallert
- Photo: Caryl Bryer Fallert
- Price: $2850.00
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Email • Phone: 360-385-2568 • Snail Mail: Bryerpatch Studio •10 Baycliff Place. • Port Townsend, WA 98368 |
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Design Concept
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The design for this quilt is based on a crop circle, which
appeared overnight in a field in Wiltshire, England in June
of 2008. Actually the field was barley, but rye made for a
much more euphonious title. An astrophysicist in North Carolina
figured out that the crop circle, which was 150' in diameter,
was a visual portrayal of pi (an irrational number), carried
out to 10 decimal points with the last digit rounded up (3.141592654).
The circle is divided radially into ten equal pie (no pun
intended) slices. Eleven arcs surround the center, each following
a portion of eleven concentric circles. Beginning at the center
with three, each arc outlines a number of pie slices representing
pi to ten decimal places with the last digit rounded up. There
is a dot, representing the decimal point, in the first arc
after the three. At the end are three additional dots, representing
infinity. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for creating the
crop circle. Theories range from clever math geeks to aliens.
I drew the design in Corel Draw, and tried several different
combinations of color, then chose the one I liked the best
(see sketches below) In my design I changed to a different
color for each number, and used a gradation of each color
from dark to light to make the design more visually interesting.
The symbol for pi is appliquéd into the center circle,
and the numbers were drawn and quilted in the first segment
of each arc. The fabrics used are all from my Gradations collection
for Benartex.
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Concentric lines of quilting surround the center and radiate
out to the edge of the circle. The lines of the ten radial
segments continue out to the edge of the quilt, creating the
illusion of transparency in the border. The border is quilted
in a meandering pattern with matching thread. A dark, multicolored
binding (from my Splash collection for Benartex) finishes
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Exhibitions:
- Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Paducah KY, 2011-2013
- 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, 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
- LaConner Quilt Museum, LaConner WA – July 1–October 4, 2015
- Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA – October 14, - December 19, 2015
- Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion, University Museum, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, January 26 - April 16, 2016
- Fantasies in Fiber & Beads: (two person show) Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, May 5-29, 2016
- Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion
- Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 31-October 9, 2016
- Nixon Centre for Performing & Visual Arts,
Newnan, GA January 9 - February 17, 2017
- Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX • March 30 - June 25, 2017
- Color, Light, & Motion: Fine Art Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Art at the Old Alcohol Plant Gallery, Port Hadlock, WA, July 8-August 26, 2018
- Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, VA, April 1-May 2, 2022
- Photos Pixels & Pizzazz, (solo exhibition), Quilt Show Reno, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno NV, June 9-11, 2022
- Reflections of Light: Recent Works by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, July 13-October 20, 2022
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