Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition

I'm a bit slow getting things on the blog. This gives you a glimpse of the Left Turn Lane at the Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition Veteran's Day weekend in Chicago, Illinois. The pipe and drape are on ten foot lengths. The series was hung in numerical sequence. I watched off and on for most of one day. It was very interesting to see people being drawn in.

Dumping my camera was very disappointing. I am not steady handed. The camera has an image stabilization feature but even that can not make up for my errors. There were about a dozen quilts that I was very taken with. Only the following two are images that will not be an insult to the artist.

Unfinished Business © by Cheryl Comfort of New Zealand was part of the World Quilt Exhibition. Her artist statement says this "explores the layers of hate and misunderstanding that builds up over generations in conflicts all around the world. The wire represents the fences we build between ourselves and other humans we perceive to be different. 42.5" high x 49" wide







Slow Decay II
© Eva Aagesen, Norway
"The beauty of wear and tear fascinates me and inspired me to work on making something aesthetic based on 'the ravage of time'. Close-up pictures of an old, painted barn wall were digitally manipulated and transferred to fabrics using glue. These transfers cover the whole front of the quilt. Traditional, medieval, Norwegian wood carving motifs inspired the screen printing. Machine embroidery underlines the shapes and the lines in the underlying surface made by photo transfer."
48"high x 60" wide