tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post1977097884493910966..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Developing a styleElizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-29408080147232350492012-07-28T11:24:48.283-07:002012-07-28T11:24:48.283-07:00it's just the template I chose from the blogsp...it's just the template I chose from the blogspot site, nothing complicated! ElizabethElizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-82772874157639044112012-07-23T07:16:21.858-07:002012-07-23T07:16:21.858-07:00hello
i have question abou your template how do yo...hello<br />i have question abou your template how do you mange that your blog is aligned to left? thx for replyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-69970070918612833882012-07-10T14:26:10.584-07:002012-07-10T14:26:10.584-07:00Elizabeth, I happened across your posting today an...Elizabeth, I happened across your posting today and found a topic I think a lot about.<br /><br />I've been art quilting for about six years now and for the first two or three years I didn't think I'd found my 'voice' or style and was surprised when others could see it. As time and the work progressed, I thought I could identify at least three distinctive 'voices' or 'styles.' More time has gone by and a lot more work. The actual work gets easier in a way - I'm used to my pace, I'm comfortable with my medium(s), I'm more knowledgeable about myself within the process. <br /><br />At this point in my artistic journey, I can see my 'voice' speaks in the rhythm that has developed due to serious hard work and many projects, hours and hours of work, tedium, delight, decisions, choices, experimentation, exhaustion, creative blocks, joy, indecision....the whole gamut of emotions and situations which arise in the creative process. So, my process has become a habit of sorts...the way I work. And the way I work has become somewhat unified across the three disparate 'styles' or 'voices' I call mine. Like speaking three different languages, my voice is recognizable; the same for my work 'style.' <br /><br />Thanks for making me think more about this in regard to my artistic journey. And I've enjoyed the comments left here as well, I'll be thinking more about this in future.Debbie Beinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036718184483550315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-89790680980726504162012-06-09T21:42:48.366-07:002012-06-09T21:42:48.366-07:00Thanks - that was a lot to chew on. I suppose many...Thanks - that was a lot to chew on. I suppose many people would agree with someone who recently said to me "oh, another quilt with little squares?" But, I think my style is more about light and color and I happen to use squares and simple shapes. While I have done things outside that, I'm still enjoying this so I guess I'm good for now.<br /><br />Mary wrote: <i>Must you have a style to be an artist?</i><br /><br />I think it's the other way, when you're an artist you have a style. It develops as you continue to create things.Mary Beth Frezonhttp://www.quiltr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-62124106590631661842012-06-07T14:24:39.612-07:002012-06-07T14:24:39.612-07:00As someone always being teased about my country hi...As someone always being teased about my country hillbilly accent, this post hit close to home. I have had people say to me that they recognize my style in my quilts. When I ask them to explain, they can't seem to do so. I agree with Joe, as in I am (hopefully) constantly evolving. Must you have a style to be an artist? Can you be creative in several different areas? And do it well? As with hand dyeing/creating your own fabrics, creating a design and making an art quilt from that fabric. Which is what you and many other do so well. I feel that if we don't strive to learn new ideas/ideals and dig deeper within, then what good is a style? Especially in the fast moving world that we occupy. Even if I find a piece of art that I think is some of the best I have ever seen, often I find that I will eventually tire of that piece and look for something new. I am constantly exploring and looking for something more. I keep searching for my true accent. Though would it become a constant? As for drawing inspiration from others, in my mind that can never be avoided. We are all constantly exposed to a torrent of information these days, I find that I have subconsciously made pieces that has vibrations from something that I have seen in the past, be it recent or from far past experience. You have posed so many interesting questions to my mind. As always, thank you.Mary Keaslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908710230407490209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-5463074070178052102012-06-02T23:20:23.303-07:002012-06-02T23:20:23.303-07:00awesome stuff! More power to your blog!awesome stuff! More power to your blog!99 Cent Merchandisehttp://www.jcsaleswholesale.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-76164042864014924962012-06-02T13:47:45.778-07:002012-06-02T13:47:45.778-07:00Great post to come at the end of your series class...Great post to come at the end of your series class on QU. I have loved the online class. It's the first online class I liked. Your course made me look at my work in such an organized and clinical way (not a bad thing at all) and I also see my accent. I enjoy your blog and even more so your "series" course.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095809082494749979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-83868145626558363492012-05-31T16:13:11.950-07:002012-05-31T16:13:11.950-07:00thank you Elzabeth, just what I needed. Robinthank you Elzabeth, just what I needed. RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-81839991649565929122012-05-31T12:21:58.281-07:002012-05-31T12:21:58.281-07:00this is a great topic, elizabeth, and really gets ...this is a great topic, elizabeth, and really gets one to thinking. i've heard of quilt artists who toss out all of their quilting books and patterns and shy away from workshops...a few even going to the point of not visiting galleries and exhibits for fear of absorbing the "accent" of other artists. but we must remember that we do not live in a vacuum and cannot effectively create art in one. our art, whatever the medium, is a language, as you have so eloquently pointed out, and language presupposes "others"... a community to share the language.<br /><br />i really love this idea of "accents" in our artistic style. like verbal accents, we will always find others who have similar accents since we are social creatures and generally our art is aimed and communicating ideas or emotions. if we were to develope our own arcane tongue that no one else could understand, then what would be the point?<br /><br />my own personal style has been one in the throws of evolution. i imagine it will always be thus since we are always evolving... that being said, i share an "accent" with jude hill in that i enjoy salvaging fabrics and fibers and re-imagining them into something new. though my own "accent" diverges there in that i do not stick to thinner fabrics. i enjoy texture as much as color, and have been seeking methods of exploiting this in my work of late. i tend to like to blend both hand and machine work; dye and overdye techniques; personal symbolism; as well as threadwork and anything else that happens to bring me closer to finding the style "accent" that speaks to my inner core. <br /><br />thank you so much for such a thought-provoking post!<br /><br />namaste'Joe Madlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689856999523884499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-41952774244410348342012-05-31T09:25:05.540-07:002012-05-31T09:25:05.540-07:00this is an interesting topic... thank you for shar...this is an interesting topic... thank you for sharing your thoughts!<br /><br />speaking of van gogh and millet... you should take a look at the book "steal like an artist"... http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/d r e whttp://andrewsteinbrecher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-24506684482718701362012-05-31T08:51:41.541-07:002012-05-31T08:51:41.541-07:00Oh Elizabeth,
You couldn't have written this ...Oh Elizabeth,<br /><br />You couldn't have written this post at a better time for me! Every word you write makes perfect sense. I do believe I have 'accent'. I call my blog 'The Root Connection, which pretty much is all about that accent/stories I have. Here is one of them.<br />http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AmuheQPClwI/S2hsOZcT0wI/AAAAAAAAAFA/wVsAkQ3K248/s1600/christmas+2009+257.jpg <br /><br />As much as that quilt is a direct reminder of ever famous Gee's Bend cover quilt, It holds a special place in my heart. <br /><br />I was always afraid of copying and so I stayed away from taking classes. Your workshop and this post has opened up so many possibilities and cleared many ideas that were blocking my creativity. It has not only taught me to develop my own accent but fine-tune the language of art itself. Looking forward to more discussions in future.Sujata Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342637667662268215noreply@blogger.com