City Art Blocks

The first of three napkins serving as inspiration for our work. This colorful grid lends itself to so many interpretations. Use a little color or a lot? Use a grid or not? Focus on just a few colors or the lot? These are the questions that needed answering. This is the napkin,  a bit of Mondrian, perhaps. 

 And these are the quilts. It's always interesting to see how each artist answers the call. Each is an 18 inches square.

 

Let It Rip

 

Mixed media lends itself well to fiber art. For this challenge, each artist was to incorporate paper in the work. It was a nice change of process. Searching for the paper in each piece is a fun viewer experience. The size is a repeat at 18 inches wide by 40 inches long.  For a closer look at each piece, click on the Art Quilt Portfolio tab at the top.

 

MIXing in March

We gathered together and had a lively meeting with much sharing of work.

But first, we tossed around ideas for a theme for our next work. It was decided that each MIX member would choose a female artist of their liking and create a work of art inspired by that artists. The size will be uniform at 18 x 40 inches. Some research will be required but that's what makes it so fun.

Here is some of the shared work. 18-inch squares from the second napkin theme called Competing Narratives.

And, from the third napkin comes a body of work called Line Dance. 

There will be more to come on both of these This is merely a glimpse.

Betty has been busy making postcards. She placed four of them in a frame she found at the local craft store. Her handwork always sets these apart.

Stay tuned until next time.