Textile artists in Schweinfurth Art Center’s 43rd “Quilts=Art=Quilts” exhibition cite their careers as an important influence ...
When quilt artist Melinda Bula grows flowers at her home in El Dorado Hills, Calif., they “bloom” with lightning speed. Starting with the seed of an idea, she’s often inspired by an outdoor photo ...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Rachel Blosser Derstine creates incredible quilt art based mostly on scenes she and her husband capture in Philadelphia. Her work typically starts with a photo ...
Fiber artist Irene Roderick, who has two art quilts in Schweinfurth Art Center’s “Quilts=Art=Quilts 2022″ exhibition, created a series of “Guardian” quilts to keep her company during the years of ...
In ways our foremothers never envisioned, the definition of "quilt" is being stretched to the limits of artistic imagination. Quilting can encompass a bowl, a bag or a jacket -- something to hang on ...
Like many creatives passing time during pandemic lockdowns, Justin Ming Yong yearned to expand his artistic repertoire beyond the landscape and commercial photography he was known for. “I was looking ...
NEW YORK (AP) — From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum show how powerfully this art form ...
Carol Krueger's background includes 17 years as a professional hairdresser and makeup artist, working with design, balance, color, texture and the constant challenge of communicating her ideas to ...
Judy Langille's work explores a variety of surface-design techniques to create art cloth and fabric collages. She uses thermofax screens, silk screens, mono printing, and torn paper resist in ...
In American folklore, there's a legend that when enslaved peoples escaped their shackles and took to the Underground Railroad in search of freedom, they relied on quilts to guide the way. Innocuous to ...