Sam's Fund: Gallery - Art Quilts

THANK YOU! Thank you. Thank you.
To all the folks who came forward and bought quilts to benefit Sam! I am excited and humbled by the response to Sam's need, my quilts, my blog and my effort. We have raised nearly $5000 so far!

Sam is currently in the 5th week of radiation, at a low point. At the end of 6 weeks, he'll have a break of 6 weeks with no treatments - to regroup, revitalize, rejuvenate. He has been unable to eat solid food for several weeks, lost his hair, weak and generally, looks like a cancer patient. His little flame is at low ebb, but there is still a spark that peeks through to us as the beautiful child he is.

SQ Sam and I were sitting in the room together. He said quietly, "I wish it wasn't me that was sick Mama." I said I wished it wasn't him either, that I wish I could be sick for him and promptly burst into tears. Geez. He handed me his cloth (his nose wiping cloth, which has been kind of a security blankie for him) and said, "I wish it wouldn't be either of us."

Here is more work that I promised earlier, offering again to benefit Sam's Fund. Take another look, pass it on to your friends and family. Contact information is in the first post, April - 'New Beginnings.'

Alluvia

37" x 28"

$500

Layers of cloth, batting and stitching make up a quilt; here extra stitching adds layers to the surface of the quilted landscape.

Detail of 'Alluvia'

Currents 2

34.5" x 22"
$1000
In this piece, a cotton background is overlaid with several thin layers of filmy polyester sheers, stitched and the top layers are cut out to reveal the contents of a tidepool, including sea stars, anemones, shells and sea foam. Some embellishments are added in the form of eyelash yarn and outline and textural stitching.

Detail of 'Currents 2'

The Devil Is In the Details

9" x 11"

$200

A very small piece made of cotton and silk fabrics, mono printed with acrylic paints, stitched with rayon and polyester threads. I added anagrams of the title, 'The Devil is in the Details' and wrote them on the folded inserts that spiral from the center of the work. It was published in 'Quilting Arts Magazine' for a mail-in challenge.

Detail of 'The Devil Is In the Details'

Serpentine
18" x 15.5"
$125
An experimental work made of woven hand-dyed fabrics, with satin-stitch outlines and bead embellishment.

Transect

17" x 17"

$125

I love to try new methods. This piece is made of batiks and hand-dyes, over-stitched and embellished with metal spirals.

Good Earth
17" x 17"
$150
I live on land that was once a heavy agriculture area. I also grew up on a ranch, and tilling patterns and crops continue to fascinate me. The materials in this piece, silks, rayons and polyesters, are cut from used thrift store clothing.

Tile Study 1

16" x 16"

$125

Repeating patterns offer endless variety for design. Fabrics are new and used cottons, silks, and polyesters with cotton and rayon threads.

Tile Study 2

17" x 17"

$125

More recycled fabrics from thrift store clothing and repeating patterns.

Tile Study 3

17" x 17"

$125

An unusual color palette derived from more recycled thrift store clothing.

Earth Turns SOLD!

12" x 42"

$250

This vertical unit, comprised of four small pieces stitched together with bamboo skewers, is based on the stick charts of Oceanic peoples. Unfinished edges give a raw finish to the rectangular sections that complement the spiky bamboo sticks.

Not Too Deep
18.5" x 26"
$250
A wild, dynamic design crammed with colorful circles floating to the surface of the piece. It is very textural, with added sequins, eyelash yarn and plastic shavings of skateboard wheels from the local recycling 'Art from Scrap' store.

Rising to the Surface

15" x 22"

$250

A simplified version of the previous piece, 'Not Too Deep,' this one has bubbles rising on a woven background, added sequins, eyelash yarn, and plastic shavings of skateboard wheels. The entire construction is placed on a navy blue wool support.

Tattoo: the Letter Z

25.5" x 31"

$500

This is a response to a group challenge - we blindly picked a letter of the alphabet from a paper bag.

Several influences came together here: I am fascinated with the current tattoo craze; I studied calligraphy for many years; and my husband's last name begins with the letter Z!

Studies

These small pieces were generated from a recent art class, using my current technique of sewing thin scraps of fabrics in overlapping tucks or layers to create a highly texturized ground and adding more stitching. I made these in pairs and applied different stitching to each one.

Value Study SOLD!

10" x 10"

$85