Nancy Walton
E-mail: WaltonEnt@aol.com

"You've Got Mail"

I have been experimenting with different techniques since I began making art quilts a few years ago for an independent study leading to a BA. I am entering my last semester with a solid idea of where I am going to go with my art since beginning this quilt. Tentatively titled "You've Got Mail!" (unless and until I get permission from AOL's CEO, Steve Case), this quilt is becoming the turning point in my search for my own style. Since I live in Vermont, I have easy access to many rural and bucolic scenery, which I will interpret in the art quilt medium. After taking a class with Katie Pasquini Masopust, I started my "Masterpiece" -- I feel this quilt is taking a 90-degree turn from my previous work -- looser, less constrained. It is a work-in-progress, but I was excited about it and I wanted to share it with the group.

 

"Fibonacci Goes to the Square Dance"

...is one of many projects for my independent study this semester. I wanted to use complementary contrast in a fun way, and I was intrigued with the Fibonacci sequence mentioned on the list some time ago. Since the Fibonacci numbers approach the Golden Section, I decided to use a large gold ribbon and spiral it according to the sequence. Because it was so wide I wasn't able to spiral it, so I took the diagonal measurements of the Fibonacci squares and used those. I designed pieced blocks named for square dance moves in complementary colors of the same intensity so the resulting edges would "vibrate," giving a feeling of motion to the squares. Placing them at angles also implied a sense of motion.

Thanks to the many comments I received from the QuiltArt crtique site, I was able to incorporate some of the suggestions for the completion of this project.

"Sunrays/The Moment Before Dusk"

(inspired by Katie Pasquini Masopust's Fractured
Landscapes and Diana Swim Wessel's Inspiration Odyssey.

A brief bio: I am an adult student in a low-residency, off-campus program,returning to finish my undergraduate degree after a thirty-year hiatus. This quilt, as well as my experiences from being a part of this mail-list is part of my independent study. Fabric has proven to be the medium of choice for an artist who has been searching all of her 49 years for the appropriate mode of expression. Thanks to all who have "contributed" to my growth, both as a quilter and an artist.

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