I am very pleased to reveal my latest work, Ice Jam. It’s my distillation of many visits to the Susquehanna River in the depths of winter, when multiple freeze/thaw cycles have transformed it into a jumble of slabs and chunks of ice. The ice piles up on the islands and spills out onto the riverbanks.
The center panel of this work is needlefelted, with silk and wool fabric and fibers. It is stitched and extensively hand beaded with semi-precious stones and seed beads. (All the pictures enlarge when clicked.)
The surrounding and supporting quilt is made from collagraph prints onto cotton, along with strips of patchwork.
The finished work is 43”high by 52” wide.
I’m happy with the way all the elements of Ice Jam came together. It’s very evocative of the experience of visiting the river on a bitterly cold day—a bit surreal and potential treacherous! To track back the evolution of this work, and see the pictures that inspired it, click on Ice Jam on the sidebar, or go here.
Thanks for following along, and comments are always welcome.
I just noticed that this is post #500. I don't do it for the numbers, but it still seems significant. I'm happy so many of you have been along for the journey.
3 comments:
It's a beautiful quilt. Love all the texture. Mary Ann
You have created another beautiful and very successful work of art, Sue. Each piece within the work is placed with perfection. The use of needle felting and beading adds such a strong visual component with lines that keep the eye moving after resting there for a deeper look. This composition is fantastic and show worthy....thanks, as always, for sharing your process to make such a fine work of art.
Kristin
Beautiful, Sue!
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