I will be present in Athens OH this evening when the latest Quilt National exhibition opens.  It is the fourth time I have been juried into this prestigious collection, and I will be present at the opening, which is also pretty exciting. 

Of my previous QN quilts, ‘Ora Banda’ (1993)and ‘Obiri’ (1995) in the Colours gallery on my website, colour is an important component 0f the repeated units.  By the time of ‘Timetracks 1’  (2007) colour had taken a back seat  to texture, and really in this year’s quilt of black organza over metallic waxed leather squares against cream backing the effect is a bit like an old b/w photo as shape and texture have become more important in this series. The organza has been burned with a wood burning tool, and ends were left hanging dangling wherever they occurred – no point in tidying those up in view of the seriously ‘damaged’ surface and inner layers of the work and of course, the edges !  I don’t seem to get a reasonable size image of the detail on this site without going to photoshop and resizing the image – which will have to wait until I get back to my computer in Montevideo.