Bloghop-Giveaway: Brenda Gael Smith
Saturday, November 16th, 2013Today launches giveaway two in my holiday bloghop to celebrate the release of my video workshop, Art Quilt Studio from Photo to Threadwork. Thanks to Brenda Gael Smith of Copacabana on the Central Coast of New South Wales, which is about 60 miles north of Sydney for reviewing my workshop!
NOTE! Congratulations to Beatrice, comment 17, who wins the free video workshop download!
![To order a DVD, visit my Store page here, or to order either the DVD or a digital download, visit Quilting Arts' Interweave Store, here. And, of course, you can enter the various giveaways thanks to the generous quilt artists who are helping me give away copies!](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DVDAQDesignPhotoThrdwrk125-copy.jpg)
To order a DVD, visit my Store page here.
or to order either the DVD or a digital download, visit Quilting Arts’ Interweave Store, here. And, of course, you can enter the various giveaways thanks to the generous quilt artists who are helping me give away copies!
![Lorikeet Circus by Brenda Gael Smith. Lorikeets are brightly colored birds from Australia, and I can TOTALLY see them in this piece!](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/brendaGaelSmith600LorikeetCircus.jpg)
Lorikeet Circus by Brenda Gael Smith. Lorikeets are brightly colored birds from Australia, and I can TOTALLY see them in this piece!
Brenda Gael Smith’s work is filled with glorious color, but unlike me she works in the abstract. Having tried (and failed) to work in abstracts, I admire all the more the success of her art; it is surprisingly difficult to achieve good composition, balance, movement, in an abstract, yet she does it time and time again. She is also a curator of exhibits and a member of the talented and successful Twelve by Twelve group. Many thanks to Brenda (who by the way is not related–Smith is just a blissfully common name) for finding time in her busy teaching and working schedule to fit in this review! Her website is here, and her blog review, here, and her blog in general here. To find out how to win a digital download which should work anywhere in the world, please visit Brenda’s review, read the instructions on how to enter for today’s giveaway (and you’ll need to read her post carefully!), and enjoy her art! For the giveaway, remember to leave your comment according to Brenda’s instructions by noon on November 24th (East Coast US time)!
A quick look at the categories in her Gallery section will give you an idea of the range of Brenda’s work: Art Quilts, Baby Quilts, Celebration Quilts, Traditional Quilts, and her work with the Twelve by Twelve collaboration. In addition to her work as an artist and curator, Brenda teaches, writes, is an attorney, and creates websites! And–if you browse her blog–you’ll discover that not only is her studio glorious, the view from it is one of the finest in the world–check out this post!
Here’s a sneak peek at her work here, just to whet your appetite. Brenda dyes her fabrics and includes shibori among her many talents. I love this “aerial” view of the paths worn by the walking of feet (or is it a view of where roads now replace the traditional routes walked by foot?). This piece makes me want to go pull out the dye-pots and stitching threads!
Brenda’s traditional work is truly traditional, but has also taken on a contemporary twist. I love this “Modern X” quilt.
And for those of my readers in the US, Brenda will be travelling to North America in December, so if you would like to order the magazine with the instructions for improvisational piecing with solids and avoid the cost of international postage, check out this blogpost. Note that you MUST order by Dec. 5 (sooner would be nice) to take advantage of this offer.
![In this quilt, Brenda Gael Smith combines abstract art with the traditional. Lust in the Log Cabin, part of her Desire Lines series.](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BrendaGaelSmithLustInTheLogCabinDL7lustweb.jpg)
In this quilt, Brenda Gael Smith combines abstract art with the traditional. Lust in the Log Cabin, part of her Desire Lines series.
Thank you so much, Brenda, for your well-written review. I cannot tell you how much it thrills me when I can teach not just beginners, but share new tips or tricks with experienced quilters and artists. Wish I could get to Australia and share that view from your studio and play in one of your shibori classes! So remember, visit Brenda’s blog review, here, and for the giveaway, remember to leave your comment according to Brenda’s instructions by noon on November 24th (East Coast US time)!
Here’s the bloghop schedule:
November 12: Sarah will kick off Round 2 and announce the schedule
November 14: Marie Johansen http://www.musingcrowdesigns.com/
November 16: Brenda Gael Smith http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/
November 19: Jaye Lapachet http://artquiltmaker.com/blog/
November 23: Susan Brubaker Knapp http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/
November 27: Daphne Greig http://daphnegreig.blogspot.com/
November 30: Lisa Walton http://www.fibreinspirations.blogspot.com/
December 3: Sarah Ann Smith right here!