The Corona Virus by Judy Elsley
Technique:
The fabric began life as 100% cotton that I scoured, mordanted and then dyed with a mix of cochineal and madder. I then printed with fabric paint on the dyed fabric with thermofaxes, multiple layers, to get the effect I wanted.
The first layer is comprised of words, the ongoing chatter and conversation we have about the virus, the background to our lives. In the meantime, the virus is doing what it's doing with no regard for human conversation. I tried to show the airborne quality of the virus as it wafts through the atmosphere. And I included anti-bodies, too.
Admiring Otter by Shahar Boyay
8” x 12”
Thread mosaic on canvas. Made in the last few months.
Admiring Otter by Shahar Boyay
8” x 12”
Thread mosaic on canvas. Made in the last few months.
Uh Oh Bird by Joyce Marder
Pieced and quilted.
An Uh Oh is a small mistake or minor injury, which describes both me personally and the making of this quilt.
Started April 1, 2020. Finished July 31, 2020.
Uh Oh Bird by Joyce Marder
Pieced and quilted.
An Uh Oh is a small mistake or minor injury, which describes both me personally and the making of this quilt.
Started April 1, 2020. Finished July 31, 2020.
I Found a Berry by Shahar Boyayan
15” x 17”
Hand embroidery, machine embroidery and beads. Made in the last few months.
I Found a Berry by Shahar Boyayan
15” x 17”
Hand embroidery, machine embroidery and beads. Made in the last few months.
Anamnesis (Memory)
by Kim Brown
18” X 6” x 6”
The piece is made from a discarded child dress form, wool, and various notions.
Anamnesis (Memory)
by Kim Brown
18” X 6” x 6”
The piece is made from a discarded child dress form, wool, and various notions.
In a Poppy by Shahar Boyayan
Felt, organza, machine embroidery and hand embroidery. Made in the last few months.
In a Poppy by Shahar Boyayan
Felt, organza, machine embroidery and hand embroidery. Made in the last few months.
Ms. M. Lark by Kathleen Deneris
48” x 12” x 12”
Paper, wool, acrylic paint, wood.
Ms. M. Lark by Kathleen Deneris
48” x 12” x 12”
Paper, wool, acrylic paint, wood.
Ms. M. Lark by Kathleen Deneris
48” x 12” x 12”
Paper, wool, acrylic paint, wood.
Getting Thru by Ivana O. Thomas
This has been a very difficult year. We’ve been buffeted by more and more shocking events and disasters, and it just doesn’t stop! “Just Keep Swimming“ and “Getting Thru” are collages that reflect my recent emotions. I just want to get to calmer, happier times, very badly. To keep myself sane, I garden, and study and draw from nature. I’ve been particularly enjoying watercolor. “Orchid” is an example. It’s an extreme closeup of a tiny and strange orchid bud.
Mico Leao Dourado by Shahar Boyayan
20” x 20”
Dry felting on canvas.
An endangered monkey from Brazil. Made in the last few months.
Mico Leao Dourado by Shahar Boyayan
20” x 20”
Dry felting on canvas.
An endangered monkey from Brazil. Made in the last few months.
Just Keep Swimming by Ivana O. Thomas
This has been a very difficult year. We’ve been buffeted by more and more shocking events and disasters, and it just doesn’t stop! “Just Keep Swimming“ and “Getting Thru” are collages that reflect my recent emotions. I just want to get to calmer, happier times, very badly. To keep myself sane, I garden, and study and draw from nature. I’ve been particularly enjoying watercolor. “Orchid” is an example. It’s an extreme closeup of a tiny and strange orchid bud.
Just Keep Swimming - detail - by Ivana O. Thomas
This has been a very difficult year. We’ve been buffeted by more and more shocking events and disasters, and it just doesn’t stop! “Just Keep Swimming“ and “Getting Thru” are collages that reflect my recent emotions. I just want to get to calmer, happier times, very badly. To keep myself sane, I garden, and study and draw from nature. I’ve been particularly enjoying watercolor. “Orchid” is an example. It’s an extreme closeup of a tiny and strange orchid bud.
What If I Fly by Polly Masaryk
The landscape was particularly dark during the spring of 2020. I took long walks and collected the random, rusty bits and pieces the sidewalk offered.
WHAT IF I FLY
Is it Spring, is it morning?
Are there trees near you,
and does your own soul need
comforting?
Quick, then - open the door and
fly on your heavy feet: the song
may already be drifting away.
-Mary Oliver
What If I Fly by Polly Masaryk
The landscape was particularly dark during the spring of 2020. I took long walks and collected the random, rusty bits and pieces the sidewalk offered.
WHAT IF I FLY
Is it Spring, is it morning?
Are there trees near you,
and does your own soul need
comforting?
Quick, then - open the door and
fly on your heavy feet: the song
may already be drifting away.
-Mary Oliver
What If I Fly by Polly Masaryk
The landscape was particularly dark during the spring of 2020. I took long walks and collected the random, rusty bits and pieces the sidewalk offered.
WHAT IF I FLY
Is it Spring, is it morning?
Are there trees near you,
and does your own soul need
comforting?
Quick, then - open the door and
fly on your heavy feet: the song
may already be drifting away.
-Mary Oliver
Lake Atitlan by Mimi Rodes
4” x 4”
Medium: Hand dyed cotton.
I was in Guatemala in March when everything shut down due to the Covid virus. Our group was fortunate to be sequestered for 11 days in a wonderful hotel at Lake Atitlan. This miniature tapestry was inspired by a photo that I took from my hotel balcony looking out across Lake Atitlan with the mountains and volcanos on the other side of the lake. The previous week we had participated in a natural dye workshop in a neighboring town where we had dyed cotton yarn with logwood and hibiscus. The logwood dyed the yarn a dark, blue black and the hibiscus dyed the yarn a light silver gray. It was quite a fine cotton yarn so I was able to create a color gradation of 6 shades ranging from pure light silver gray to pure dark blue black logwood.
Orchid by Ivana O. Thomas
This has been a very difficult year. We’ve been buffeted by more and more shocking events and disasters, and it just doesn’t stop! “Just Keep Swimming“ and “Getting Thru” are collages that reflect my recent emotions. I just want to get to calmer, happier times, very badly. To keep myself sane, I garden, and study and draw from nature. I’ve been particularly enjoying watercolor. “Orchid” is an example. It’s an extreme closeup of a tiny and strange orchid bud.
Sunset 1 by Mimi Rodes
9 ¾” by 5 3/8”
Medium: Wool Tapestry.
I am fascinated by beautiful sunsets and the dramatic colors and lighting that can happen. I love to work from beautiful photos taken by my husband and find it challenging and inspiring to try to recreate colors and drama by color mixing yarns. Many of the yarns I used in these pieces are hand dyed and hand spun.
Wrong Patch by Rosanna Lynne Welter
28" x 28"
"Wrong Patch" came from this time in my life, and maybe yours too, when simply everything seems to be going wrong, spiraling out of control, and full of conflict and anxiety. I protest what I see as politics exacerbating so many already bad situations. My life, like everyones, is out of whack. Friends are sick and have died. People are out of work, out of food. Politics have begun to swamp me. And it is not just how I see things; how does the world see what is going on here in crazy town U.S.A.? This quilt is deliberately not pieced but composed of patches loosely stitched to a whole cloth surface. Edges curl, loose threads sprout, and spiral and zigzag quilting speak to a sense of loss of control. Sizes are not consistent, placement is not perfect, hand stitching is rough. Really, everything is wrong. Stones were added as a nod to our very untimely (and are you kidding me?) earthquake and its many aftershocks, adding to our general sense of can it get worse? Color choice (blue, red, and brown) are completely political. I also challenged myself to use fabric and thread I had on hand. The only things purchased (online!) were the stones.
Wrong Patch by Rosanna Lynne Welter
28" x 28"
"Wrong Patch" came from this time in my life, and maybe yours too, when simply everything seems to be going wrong, spiraling out of control, and full of conflict and anxiety. I protest what I see as politics exacerbating so many already bad situations. My life, like everyones, is out of whack. Friends are sick and have died. People are out of work, out of food. Politics have begun to swamp me. And it is not just how I see things; how does the world see what is going on here in crazy town U.S.A.? This quilt is deliberately not pieced but composed of patches loosely stitched to a whole cloth surface. Edges curl, loose threads sprout, and spiral and zigzag quilting speak to a sense of loss of control. Sizes are not consistent, placement is not perfect, hand stitching is rough. Really, everything is wrong. Stones were added as a nod to our very untimely (and are you kidding me?) earthquake and its many aftershocks, adding to our general sense of can it get worse? Color choice (blue, red, and brown) are completely political. I also challenged myself to use fabric and thread I had on hand. The only things purchased (online!) were the stones.
Sunset 2 by Mimi Rodes
9 ¾” by 5 3/8”
Medium: Wool Tapestry.
I am fascinated by beautiful sunsets and the dramatic colors and lighting that can happen. I love to work from beautiful photos taken by my husband and find it challenging and inspiring to try to recreate colors and drama by color mixing yarns. Many of the yarns I used in these pieces are hand dyed and hand spun.
Circles and Lines by Susan Reese
Circles and Lines - detail - by Susan Reese
Scarf - Dark Clouds with Soft Silver Linings
by Alice Weber
This scarf is of blended yarns: Merino/Silk, Merino/Tencel, and Merino/Alpaca. This soft and supple scarf was woven with fine yarns crammed in the warp to create increased strength and interesting texture and color work. Inspired by our unusual and stressful situation during the COVID-19 pandemic, to me it represents that when things look dark and ominous, some silver linings become apparent and we can emerge stronger in response to the pressure we endured.
Scarf - Dark Clouds with Soft Silver Linings
by Alice Weber
This scarf is of blended yarns: Merino/Silk, Merino/Tencel, and Merino/Alpaca. This soft and supple scarf was woven with fine yarns crammed in the warp to create increased strength and interesting texture and color work. Inspired by our unusual and stressful situation during the COVID-19 pandemic, to me it represents that when things look dark and ominous, some silver linings become apparent and we can emerge stronger in response to the pressure we endured.
Pear Jam by Susan Reese
Pear Jam by Susan Reese
Making Way by Lisa Chin
Each stitch helped me relax after a tough day of dealing with the pandemic. Hand dyed fabrics, machine pieces and hand quilted with perle cotton.
Making Way by Lisa Chin
Each stitch helped me relax after a tough day of dealing with the pandemic. Hand dyed fabrics, machine pieces and hand quilted with perle cotton.
