Announcing a little-known art form! If you love color, design, and fine craftsmanship, fiber art quilts are for you. If you are an artist, this form of expression can expand your horizons. If you are looking for bold decorations or useful accessories for your home, you really need to explore this niche of fine art.
Go online to learn more about creations made of fabric, thread, and decorative objects chosen by the artist to enhance the effect. You'll find quilts to use as wall hangings or as bed coverings, of course, but also pillows, table runners, coasters, placemats, and other pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects.
Only the imagination of the creator limits the impact these pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects have. Many artists are inspired by nature, but their approach can be very different. Online galleries will show you realism and abstraction in equal measure. You'll see charming silhouettes of birds or ships at sea, garden flowers in full color, or rustic landscapes. Other artists use more abstract shape and color to evoke the emotions nature inspires.
Those who prefer realism will enjoy the garden flowers, landscapes, and recognizable silhouettes. People who like to see unbridled energy in action will find it in the bold colors and use of shape and line of abstract creations. These artists use textiles like the masters used paint to get effects those of us who are less gifted can only marvel at. The online galleries are great for exploring the diversity and impact of this lesser-known art form.
It's very educational to visit individual sites posted by those who use this medium to express their vision. You'll find out more about the artists; one was a geologist who now uses earth colors and flowing shapes to evoke majestic mountains and the beauty of individual rock formations. You'll also find out about galleries and exhibits where works are displayed and may be for sale.
Fabrics used are often cottons - chintz or batik or hand-painted organics - but actually almost anything can be and is used. Foils and metallic threads are used for highlights. Texture, color, and details embroidered by hand or machine finish what color, shape, and pattern have started. Some artists use only fabric and thread, while others add beads, 'found objects', ethnic dolls or fetishes, shells, wire, cording, and more.
All the works are, of course, one-of-a-kind. Each exhibits the unique handiwork, color and design sense, and vision of the person who created it. The quilting, embroidery, and detailing makes this art form different from any other, but it is the artists' vision and creativity that brings it vibrantly alive. One artists advises owners of her quilts that hanging them at different angles changes the way viewers will interpret them.
Art lovers will appreciate the energy and creativity of these creations of fabric, thread, and imaginative flair. The whole world is explored, from the serenity of nature to the explosive energy inherent in color and shape. Perhaps you will find a piece you want for your collection, or you may just learn to appreciate a new art form.
Go online to learn more about creations made of fabric, thread, and decorative objects chosen by the artist to enhance the effect. You'll find quilts to use as wall hangings or as bed coverings, of course, but also pillows, table runners, coasters, placemats, and other pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects.
Only the imagination of the creator limits the impact these pieced, quilted, and embroidered objects have. Many artists are inspired by nature, but their approach can be very different. Online galleries will show you realism and abstraction in equal measure. You'll see charming silhouettes of birds or ships at sea, garden flowers in full color, or rustic landscapes. Other artists use more abstract shape and color to evoke the emotions nature inspires.
Those who prefer realism will enjoy the garden flowers, landscapes, and recognizable silhouettes. People who like to see unbridled energy in action will find it in the bold colors and use of shape and line of abstract creations. These artists use textiles like the masters used paint to get effects those of us who are less gifted can only marvel at. The online galleries are great for exploring the diversity and impact of this lesser-known art form.
It's very educational to visit individual sites posted by those who use this medium to express their vision. You'll find out more about the artists; one was a geologist who now uses earth colors and flowing shapes to evoke majestic mountains and the beauty of individual rock formations. You'll also find out about galleries and exhibits where works are displayed and may be for sale.
Fabrics used are often cottons - chintz or batik or hand-painted organics - but actually almost anything can be and is used. Foils and metallic threads are used for highlights. Texture, color, and details embroidered by hand or machine finish what color, shape, and pattern have started. Some artists use only fabric and thread, while others add beads, 'found objects', ethnic dolls or fetishes, shells, wire, cording, and more.
All the works are, of course, one-of-a-kind. Each exhibits the unique handiwork, color and design sense, and vision of the person who created it. The quilting, embroidery, and detailing makes this art form different from any other, but it is the artists' vision and creativity that brings it vibrantly alive. One artists advises owners of her quilts that hanging them at different angles changes the way viewers will interpret them.
Art lovers will appreciate the energy and creativity of these creations of fabric, thread, and imaginative flair. The whole world is explored, from the serenity of nature to the explosive energy inherent in color and shape. Perhaps you will find a piece you want for your collection, or you may just learn to appreciate a new art form.
