tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post2267097342522588615..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: The origins of abstract quilt design or, caught in the grid!Elizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-53229782585210074912011-02-01T17:10:39.950-08:002011-02-01T17:10:39.950-08:00My grandmother likes grid based abstract quilts. S...My grandmother likes grid based abstract quilts. She usually choose fabric with red and white hues. I remember her making grid based quilt in her sewing <a href="http://www.flagandsignplace.com/Store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2" rel="nofollow">shop. Flag</a>s, ribbons and table mantles are her favorite sewing projects. That's why my friends used to <a href="http://www.flagandsignplace.com/Store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2" rel="nofollow">shop flags</a> in her shop.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734039455261905694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-32337966929760413642011-01-27T18:01:12.904-08:002011-01-27T18:01:12.904-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Faye Acklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908478615458435691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-56544298764725641412011-01-10T12:14:37.940-08:002011-01-10T12:14:37.940-08:00I come from traditional quilting and have difficul...I come from traditional quilting and have difficulty getting out of the grid.Quilt or Dyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194932090799851056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-15557218502863115942011-01-09T22:25:21.822-08:002011-01-09T22:25:21.822-08:00I have not been making grids in textiles for years...I have not been making grids in textiles for years, and actually have moved away from textiles to oil painting for the last five. When I was learning the art, I did grids, but quickly found myself leaving them behind.<br /><br />That said, I now have a deadline for a couple of textile pieces coming up and I'm suddenly doing blocks on grids. I think I agree with Deb (and Elizabeth); the nature of the weave and the way it tears (I've returned to tearing rather than cutting)tends to push us in that direction. And then there's the whole weight of tradition. <br /><br />But I am bemused to find myself back into a somewhat (only somewhat, of course) traditional mode. I'm one of those who didn't come from a quilting background, so my retreat isn't linked to old habits. I have always maintained, though, that quilted textiles are the perfect medium for abstract work. I can do abstraction in textiles in a way that I find really difficult in oils. <br /><br />Go figure -- the mysteries of art making, media, mind, matter, material and mucking about.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325386238844997236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-22154611471691234372011-01-09T16:51:01.612-08:002011-01-09T16:51:01.612-08:00I am not a grid person but it naturally happens be...I am not a grid person but it naturally happens because we sew seams which are generally straight seams. I much prefer straight seams to curves which can look even more artificial. I also think people like grids because it looks orderly. <br /><br />MartiMarti Plagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-52051606495687775632011-01-07T23:38:46.010-08:002011-01-07T23:38:46.010-08:00I'm in the hard-wired to grid camp. Grids mean...I'm in the hard-wired to grid camp. Grids mean organization and humans love to organize things. I studied graphic design and the grid was the basis of practically everything. It helps us to organize and to balance elements.Kristin Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955546754675680404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-51917358558223915702011-01-07T10:06:49.194-08:002011-01-07T10:06:49.194-08:00I found myself pleased that a large percentage of ...I found myself pleased that a large percentage of those quilts were rooted in quilting's traditional background. But at the same time I think some of that interest in the grid may be related to all the straight lines in our world--houses, building of all kinds, fences, roads, even, oftentimes, the horizon. I think that, as humans navigating through the world, we use lines as referents, then relate one line to another. So I'm agreeing that grids, or at least lines, may indeed be hard-wired. Fascinating. Thank you for your assessment of the QN works.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730298448632087144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-19658890042541371522011-01-07T05:53:21.105-08:002011-01-07T05:53:21.105-08:00I think you'd have to go back about 10 years t...I think you'd have to go back about 10 years to find anything resembling a grid in my work. I tend to be one of those people who are not into symmetry. Which may explain the lack of the grid. Don't know. Check out my work and let me know if you see a grid in it. <br />http://www.marnigoldshlag.netMarni Goldshlaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237241883611205595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-4354315286838743732011-01-06T16:32:26.267-08:002011-01-06T16:32:26.267-08:00I do like Deb's idea that the grid is related ...I do like Deb's idea that the grid is related to the structure of the fabric itself, so cutting and sewing it into a grid is like a mega fractal!<br />There's no doubt about it grids are satisfying and stable as well as restrictive!Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-64166397002964919902011-01-06T15:06:41.871-08:002011-01-06T15:06:41.871-08:00I think it goes far beyond the grid in traditional...I think it goes far beyond the grid in traditional quilts. We are conditioned by grids on buildings in the form of windows/doors, grids on maps, grids formed by books on shelves, grids on pavement, grids... well, everywhere. The development of photography started exposing us to grids in the form of photo sheets and photo albums and.... I don't think anyone can escape some gird influence, no more than they can escape the visual image of December as Xmas, September as back to school, February as hearts and cupids, etc. We are conditioned to these things from a very early age. [The word is dinil.]Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433487427679233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-26451311018401208662011-01-06T15:03:09.941-08:002011-01-06T15:03:09.941-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433487427679233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-32844366478018888802011-01-06T10:35:48.138-08:002011-01-06T10:35:48.138-08:00Coming from a traditional background, I worked har...Coming from a traditional background, I worked hard to get out of a grid when I wanted my work to be more original.<br /><br />I finally put away the grids and paper patterns when I discovered I could make more natural looking images that way.<br /><br />A grid can be an easy way to give order and structure to nonfigurative work.Linda Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543497499701512487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-2203035776970011942011-01-06T10:15:51.213-08:002011-01-06T10:15:51.213-08:00I'm fascinated by grids but they have so many ...I'm fascinated by grids but they have so many varieties other than the sqaure ones - wiggly, off-kilter, asymmetric, based on a variety of geometric shapes and so on...Sandra Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513871393590385611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-39093826787414544452011-01-06T10:07:10.393-08:002011-01-06T10:07:10.393-08:00I've thought on this a lot with the notion of ...I've thought on this a lot with the notion of wanting to get clear of the grid but the very composition of cloth, warp & weft, seems to set the mental tone. <br /><br />Right angles are in the nature of what cloth likes to do, ripped or folded, and we are hard put to argue with what comes naturally. The arguing itself goes against the that old tactile comfort factor, another reason why we pick up and engage with cloth in the first place.Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-47464786507488290562011-01-06T08:01:15.567-08:002011-01-06T08:01:15.567-08:00You know I definately think I'm a grid person ...You know I definately think I'm a grid person - I'm not sure if its because traditional quilts have always been on my bed or that my education has been filled with grid after graph after grid - but I do like the predicable nature of them. I even have a sketch book that has a light grid on it - Now that said - its REALLY fun to go against the grain - oops - I mean grid. So I do try do that on occassion.Nina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.com