"the creative mind plays with the objects it loves." -carl jung
working in a grid format i began collecting images and textures that i was responding to. i enjoy seeing how different colors and textures play off of each other. sometimes these kinds of collages start to take on their own meaning. a quick biography of sorts.
1. a weathered piece of wood i found in the basement of my first apartment on Bathurst Street.
2. a flannel square from the a quilt made by my nana, Hannah Irene Legrow.
3. an excerpt from a 1950's book on how to speak spanish, i love the font.
4. one of my favourite shirts.
5. red circles drawn by me.
6. photo of a woman cut out of Chatelaine Magazine circa 1952.
7. cursive writing paper from a newsprint notebook.
8. a page from another notebook teaching the alphabet.
9. a flash card from a set I picked up at a flea market.
Hey Kerri- I just read the new Bust Magazine and saw that you were included in the article about finding time to do your art work. As usual you were great.
Posted by: Oladybug0 on April 2, 2005 03:39 PMEach of your posts is inspiring...somehow each of these belongs together because they struck you...and yet, they are all quite different. Not only does it seem visually decadent, its also quite comforting. An experiment I believe I'd like to try, just to see what I can see...
Posted by: Felecia on April 2, 2005 10:38 AMI love the quilt! I just wanted to let you know I stumbled upon your site and your creativity is very inspiring.
Posted by: Evildilara on April 1, 2005 04:54 PMwould love to have you check out
http://www.pbase.com/magpiejst/a_year_of_grids
beautiful and inspiring!
Posted by: nicole on April 1, 2005 01:40 PMI love the concept.
Posted by: Lu on April 1, 2005 08:48 AMThis is why I love fabric quilts so much--colors and textures bouncing and playing off each other. And then you get to add more texture with the actual quilting stitches on top.
Posted by: Kateri on April 1, 2005 08:30 AM;-) I like it a lot Keri.
I always find different textures and colours next to each other so inspiring. It's fun for the eye.
Have you ever made a real fabric Quilt? That's one thing I have always wanted to try but never have. It's a goal on my list of things.
**sparkles*
Your posts are so genuine and warmfelt. Thank you.!
Posted by: Alex on March 31, 2005 10:40 PMI guess you know the Eames house of cards, I love that. I am not enough of a collector myself but I do enjoy it when others collect stuff for me to see :-)
Posted by: eliane on March 31, 2005 09:53 PMWhat a great piece- I love the idea of simply putting down things that you have an emotional response and let *that* be the power of the piece rather than TRYING to make those elements correspond and work together.
Posted by: Chel Micheline on March 31, 2005 09:51 PM