Art Quilt Display Videos
Here are several art quilt display videos for you to view.
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Art at the Santa Cruz County Building
Above all, Art at the Santa Cruz County Building offers incredible art to a place where the public actually goes. Moreover, it brightens the day for people that are paying their taxes or just inquiring about a property. Some pieces just bring a smile to your face. However, sometimes people are truly at the county building for a serious item. They may choose to engage or ignore the art.
Biography
I was born and raised in Palo Alto, California. Later,I studied sewing for two years in high school. After living and traveling in Europe for a year, my husband and I moved to Santa Cruz, California in 1980. Then,in 1975, I took a quilting class. From then on,I continued to sew clothes and make quilts for my family. Finally, I stopped counting bed quilts at 300. After teaching 30 years in Watsonville as a bilingual teacher, I retired. After that, I began to spend more time on my art quilting career.
Color! Texture! Movement!
Color and texture motivate me to begin an abstract pieced art quilts. I couch decorative threads and cut them up to use as fabric. The addition of tucks adds texture and creates movement. Redirected fiberous fabrics may also be incorporated in the art quilt. Inspiration comes from seeing the fabrics play with one another. Often my materials are redirected from the San Francisco Design Center away from the landfill. My favorite techniques to create movement in my pieces include curved line piecing and Scribble Quilting. I like the color of the quilting threads to reflect or contrast with the fabric creating another level of movement on the surface. A person recently commented on one of my pieces saying, “It dances.” Just the mark I had been aiming for.