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GROUP QUILT - NATURE'S CHAOS
Janet, Lyn, Christine, Susan
Janet: This quilt illustrates the idea that everything in nature is all made from the same stuff, and the more you magnify the image, the more you see the patterns repeat. This is the basis of chaos theory, and ever since I discovered fractal patterns I have been fascinated by them.
The starting point was a photograph of fungi and ferns growing on a damp wall from the book 'Nature's Chaos', photos by Eliot Porter and
text by James Gleick, and another source of inspiration was 'Fractals - The Patterns of Chaos' by John Briggs.
Lyn: I looked at the books mentioned by Janet,
and finally decided to add a surround based on the idea of wood bark in close-up.
Christine: I loved the idea of this quilt, and
the piece already looked quite finished, even though it was rather small. So I decorated the surface to add depth and extra sense of organic matter - fusing on thin strips or wisps of organza, and some satin stitch
embroidery.
Susan: I added some 3D leaves to give the piece a little more texture, together with yet more free machine embroidery.
Janet: I loved my piece and felt it needed very little doing to it. I added it to the outer border at an angle to reflect my individual piece, and mounted both elements on foam core board.
INDIVIDUAL QUILT - FUNGHI, ROCKS AND FERNS-AD INFINITUM
Janet: The idea for this quilt is derived
directly from the fractals concept - the same block is repeated three times over, one inside the other in three different sizes.
I also used three different colour ways - a different one for each block, orange, purple and green.
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