tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post6235210020543903926..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Art show entries are designed by sadists!!!Elizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-73103935845109687192016-12-04T06:07:09.257-08:002016-12-04T06:07:09.257-08:00Thank you Jeanne, and Elsie (hi! Elsie!!) and Idah...Thank you Jeanne, and Elsie (hi! Elsie!!) and Idaho Beauty - I do appreciate your comments....<br />the only thing to do with some of these frustrations is laugh...and volunteer to be part of setting up entry systems for shows. I did that once and was able to get the "time to notification" reduced significantly so that there was no overlap with another major local art show.....though of course someone is always moving the goal posts in this arena!!<br />Glad you like the black and white quilts! I really love working in black and white.<br />Intertwined was a commission, Remembered Lines was in Quilt National and sold right out of the show, Black and White No Grey is still available though...and I do have a piano fund I'm working on, so all reasonable offers are considered!!!! Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-12032452412759253672016-12-02T11:03:09.121-08:002016-12-02T11:03:09.121-08:00Oh I empathize. Those shows should have to read th...Oh I empathize. Those shows should have to read this blog post which for all its angst made me laugh! Yours is a common complaint and I do sometimes wonder if they purposely make it difficult to impossible as a first screening so they have fewer entries to deal with. Weed out the faint of heart or easily frustrated or technologically challenged!. I remember the days of submitting slides btw - its own challenge.<br /><br />Love this group of quilts. So graphic and I so like the intertwining.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-76351112629163838672016-11-29T06:09:50.001-08:002016-11-29T06:09:50.001-08:00Great quilts, very graphically strong. I also fin...Great quilts, very graphically strong. I also find entering shows or even trying to get a photo printed to fabric on Spoonflower very frustrating. It just shouldn't be that difficult.Jeanne Airdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746814498209738383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-30916581572013240752016-11-29T06:09:03.853-08:002016-11-29T06:09:03.853-08:00Great quilts, very graphically strong. I also fin...Great quilts, very graphically strong. I also find entering shows or even trying to get a photo printed to fabric on Spoonflower very frustrating. It just shouldn't be that difficult.Jeanne Airdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746814498209738383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-38873369375660055642016-11-28T21:21:51.209-08:002016-11-28T21:21:51.209-08:00Making much of the sizes seems to be all about the...Making much of the sizes seems to be all about the size of their hard drive and where to hang them (I suppose) which is hardly fair since we quilters think the important thing is the artistic quality, tones, color, value, contrast, movement, creativity, and so on. Sigh!<br /><br />If I were a quilt show judge... all three are prize winners. Elsie Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739927333538419518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-38672999854142112402016-11-28T06:23:55.930-08:002016-11-28T06:23:55.930-08:00Thanks Pat! I really don't remember the size....Thanks Pat! I really don't remember the size...it was a commissioned piece some time ago and I thought it reflected how I felt all twined up! However I did have two related pieces....- thought you might be interested. I put them up at the end of the blog with their sizes.Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-5473002630377564512016-11-28T06:15:04.229-08:002016-11-28T06:15:04.229-08:00GORGEOUS piece! What is the size please?
GORGEOUS piece! What is the size please?<br /><br />pathttp://patdozier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-10950813019344913792016-11-28T04:45:46.255-08:002016-11-28T04:45:46.255-08:00Oh yes - health insurance!!! where the fence post...Oh yes - health insurance!!! where the fence posts keep moving all the time - and drug costs...you just have to hold your nose and say "well it's the modern equivalent of blood letting!"<br />I think you're right Patty - keep it to just a very few shows - and the local ones - especially the all media ones - are the most important.Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-70042499632367822002016-11-27T17:52:38.633-08:002016-11-27T17:52:38.633-08:00I used to enter many shows every year. It got to ...I used to enter many shows every year. It got to be that I had to do paperwork 3or4 days a week! I really would rather quilt! So you do have to decide what's more important. I only enter 2 or 3 shows a year, and local ones that I can deliver quilts my self. Fewer hassles, less paperwork but less prize money. Certainly having more fun quilting! And a room full of finished quilts!Pattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-32572316093398245532016-11-27T17:51:59.630-08:002016-11-27T17:51:59.630-08:00I used to enter many shows every year. It got to ...I used to enter many shows every year. It got to be that I had to do paperwork 3or4 days a week! I really would rather quilt! So you do have to decide what's more important. I only enter 2 or 3 shows a year, and local ones that I can deliver quilts my self. Fewer hassles, less paperwork but less prize money. Certainly having more fun quilting! And a room full of finished quilts!Oattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-19041067428136620882016-11-27T08:07:11.359-08:002016-11-27T08:07:11.359-08:00It is still early (10:50 am CT) so yes, a cuppa......It is still early (10:50 am CT) so yes, a cuppa... If it were later it might call for something stronger! <br /><br />I haven't experienced this but it sounds highly frustrating. I could relate stories about health insurance that would sound quite similar! Melanie McNeilhttp://catbirdquilts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com