"The Narrative Thread"

In this talk I investigate how quilts become series and one series inspires another. Although I am talking about my own art-making process in the lecture, I spend as much time discussing why we make art and why we need to support each other in doing it. This talk is illustrated with slides and quilts, and is especially validating for quilters who have started to think of their quilts as art, but who are encountering self-doubts along the way.

"Compare and Contrast" Join me for a visual tour of Color 101. Slides of art work from quilts to paintings to weavings will illustrate hue, value, temperature, and complimentary contrasts to help you start to think about how you intuitively use color in your work and how you can use color in a purposeful way to make your quilts zing.

"The Vanishing Act: Safe Discharge"

Thiox (thiourea dioxide) can be used in immersion baths or as a discharge paste to remove and transform areas of color on hand dyed or commercial yardage. We'll travel step by step through the process of using safe discharge chemicals and be inspired by examples of discharge art fabrics.

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