The Eye of the Quilter: Reflections
Last year, Karey Bresenhan and company (the forces of nature behind the International Quilt Festivals) had a great idea: an exhibit of the photos quilters use to inspire them. The small exhibit was such a success that they are doing it again this year, and two of my three entries were accepted!
The theme this year is Reflections. As soon as I heard that, I KNEW I wanted to have this photo as one of my entries, titled Joy Reflected. It is the day we brought home our puppy for our son’s 9th birthday gift:
I also remembered a photo I took while on a visit to the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens with the Frayed Edges. Since the photo was a bit tippy, I fiddled a bit with it in photoshop to make it look better (including odd clipped edges). It is, to me, one that captures all the elements: Earth (the rock and trees), Water (caught in the carved boulder), Air (reflected sky) and Fire (that helped create the rock), so I called it Elemental:
When I was teaching in Arizona, the hotel in Flagstaff had these AMAZING carved doors. I am always on the lookout for quilting motifs, so snapped a few photos. Although this photo didn’t make it in to the exhibit, I still like it. And I, my camera flash and the overhead lights are reflected in the shiny doorknobs:
November 7th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
What a lovely doorknob. These doors inspire me a lot! Thanks.
Marjolijn
November 8th, 2010 at 9:15 am
I missed your photos! I saw some other friends photos, so I am totally bummed! It was so good to see you in Houston! I did talk to Alex Anderson about your appearing. I will email her next week to jog her memory (her request!). Does she or anyone at TQS have a copy of your book? She remembers seeing it and thought it was a fantastic book!