Fire in the Forest |
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34 1/2" w. x 50 1/2" ht. Both commercial cottons and mono-printed fabrics by the artist. Machine pieced and hand quilted, 1997. While working on this piece, I was thinking: "forest, fire and wind." After the piece was finished, I saw that the "fire" had other meanings as well– bringing to the surface a specific memory of a blazing mountaintop at the VERY peak of autumnal glory– while visiting ancient Kyoto in November 1996. The quilting lines suggest leaf forms, now separated from the tree, carried about on a strong gust of wind. For a detail of this quilt, click here. My long time friend, Marian Wolbers, upon seeing this quilt, honored me with a Japanese haiku poem: Crimson mountain-top A single leaf drifts and hangs Wind out of nowhere. (Photo by Karen Bell) |
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