I loved the color palette for this challenge. I decided to use hand-dyed silk for this because I had the reddish orange fabric that was perfect. I had the chartreuse shibori in my stash, also. The other fabrics were dyed or painted. I could never quite get the gray and taupe, from the color palette that Kristin gave us, with dye. I ended up painting the fabric and had much more control. My inspiration was the way lava flows down the volcano in undulating fashion.
While I was making this, the volcano in Iceland was spouting off. I saw many photos of red hot lava leaping into the air with sparks flying. I decided to make a second piece which I call Red Hot Lava. I used red and orange beads to represent the sparks.
Now, I need help deciding which piece will go into the Twelve X Twelve collection.
8 comments:
Both are just lovely, Gerrie! I think I like the undulating one best. Plus, I think it's so interesting to compare it with Terry's piece! Those silks just glow.
Both quilts are great and I really love all the stitched texture. I think both would be great in the official Twelve collection, but I do think I am leaning toward the second quilt shown.
I agree I like the second one better, the beads and stitching are really great, they look like fire jumping around.
Both very striking pieces, Gerrie. The first "lava flow" one is such a nice study of smooth lines contrasted with the energy of those colors -- that really works beautifully for me. The energy of the flamey one is quite strong, too. Oh, and I love seeing the shibori bits -- those subtle lines are beautiful!
I really love the impression of dancing sparks and spits of lava in that second piece! Both are beautiful, but I, too, am leaning toward the second.
FYI - I just realized that in my stupor last night, I photographed my piece upside down. I have turned it right side up.
I like the undulating one better. I think it's the subtlety I respond to. However, there's no denying that the second one is fire and sparks! The silks in both are wonderfully luminous.
Both are lovely and I like the 2nd one better-more pizazz!
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