©2013, Insomnia, Paula Kovarik
Here's a work-in-progress shot of a piece I am doing about that netherworld we all feel while trying to go to sleep on a full brain. It is done on a pillow sham given to me by a friend.
rescued from the scrap heap
Earth Stories scrap pillows
This is what happened to that piece I scrapped in March (see previous post here). There is something very comforting about taking a rotary cutter to a piece that did NOT satisfy.
Now I can forget the agony.
webbed
The bugs are making their last efforts before the chilling nights arrive. We have clouds of mosquiltos, armies of ants and sporadic spiders everywhere. This one was particularly industrious and perfect yesterday. A thrilling sketch that could be my next quilting diagram.
stream of consequences
Stream of Consequences, © Paula Kovarik, 2013
done. This piece, a 72" x 72" study of the good things being done by the Wolf River Conservancy has finally come to an end. This is a small detail. I have named it Stream of Consequences.
The SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) exhibit, Earth Stories, will show the entirety of this piece in April of next year at the Michigan State University Art Museum. It has been a long journey of stitching stitching stitching. Now I think I will turn my thoughts to the thousands of other ideas I had while on that journey.
But first I will remove all trace of this one.
A new website debuts
In May of this year I attended the Quilt National 2013 show. It was my third trip to the Dairy Barn. The nice thing about going to the opening of the show is meeting the artists. Many attend. And they are a chattering bunch of creatives — passionate about the art, warm and welcoming to others with the same passion and supportive of each other's journey with this art form. I always leave the show with the feeling that I have just met 80 new friends.
So I proposed that we begin a collaborative website where we could profile the artists and show off this work. It will be a community gallery and news space. Many were enthusiastic. Leslie Bixel stepped up to help with her expertise with setting up websites. And now I can announce that the site is launched. QuiltNationalArtists.com is in its infancy. I see a great deal of potential in the site and hope that the collaboration grows so that those 80 new friends become thousands.
Our stated mission is: Quilt National Artists is a collaborative site dedicated to spreading the news about art quilts and fiber art. Each artist who participates on this site has been chosen to show in the prestigious biennial Quilt National exhibition.
Clcik on the image above and check it out.