Bottlebrush
A few weeks ago I sent two entries into an exhibition at the Braemar Gallery in the Blue Mountains a little west of Sydney in NSW and both got in. The exhibition is always on some aspect of re-fabricating and has been curated by Anabelle Solomon since it started some years ago now.
They were not new quilts so you may have seen this picture before. I just got news that this is the one which sold, so I am pretty chuffed at selling two in the month.
This is a wool quilt and the flowers are knitted with a loop stitch so they are quite 3 dimensional. The dark leaves are the remnants of a pheran I brought back from Kashmir for my sister, and which was very thick felted wool. (A pheran is a sort of coat under which the locals carry a small fire-pot in winter, so that everyone looks pregnant. ) The rest of the leaves and background are hand-dyed woollen blanket. It is not very big - 65 x 77cm.
posted by Marion @ 10:15 am
4 Comments:
So unusual. I particularly like the background yellow. Looks hand-dyed, but at any rate, not a color I'd think to use. But it works wonderfully here.
I'd not seen this one before, so glad you posted the pic. Congrats on selling yet another quilt. Well done you!! :o)
Gorgeous! I love the contrast, and the loopy-knit flowers.
this is delicious, Marion
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