Freeing the Muse
Music City Modern Quilt Guild hosted Michelle Wilkie for a design workshop Saturday. She is a NC transplant from New Zealand, has a degree in marine biology and works in the technology industry in Cary.
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| Michelle Wilkie (quilt shown with permission) |
A relatively new quilter, Michelle takes a well organized approach to the creative process. First she showed several of her own quilts and described the inspiration -- from traffic signs to indigenous art to architecture -- and how she loosely interprets what she sees. Sometimes it is obvious, other times not so much.
During the workshop she led the group through a series of quick design exercises to get our creative juices flowing.
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| NYC Cityscape - my interpretation |
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The modernist bas-relief above the fireplace at the Hollyhock House
Photo by Joshua White |
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| My first attempt |
Michelle wrapped up the day talking about construction, getting an original design from paper to fabric by breaking it down into sewable components.
What a great way to spend a steamy hot Saturday!
Linking up with Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.
Looks and sounds like your type of workshop. Glenda would have loved it too. I would have been totally confused as usual. I like your first attempt!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting workshop! I like that sort of brain-stretching activity. Happy playing!
ReplyDeleteThat workshop sounded so great. I used to design quilts while sitting in boring meetings. Being retired I am rarely bored and thus do not do as much designing. I think I will try to use what you shared to get back into that portion of creativity. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to remember your vacation. I am looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.
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marlene@coveredinstitches.com
Sounds like a fascinating workshop. Your fireplace frieze sketch has some interesting possibilities. There's a design exercise where you take a portion of a sketch and exaggerate or distort it over several iterations to generate a new design. So many inspiring elements in that FLW house!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting! I look forward to seeing how you interpret the Hollyhock House design when it comes to cutting and sewing.
ReplyDeleteI like your starting sketch. I agree that it is difficult to get away from a literal interpretation. I find if I put the original photo away and work from my sketches, distance comes quicker.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I can't say I've attempted this kind of interpretation but it looks like a lot of fun to play with the elements!
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