Still in progress...

I have advanced a bit on this piece. It's difficult to truly see art on the Internet...there's no scale or surface texture or dimension, the colors vary from reality. This piece has a nice wave to it, the way fabric tends to slack when we force structure upon it. It is over five feet high. I'm having a grand old time manipulating it. I need to build extention leaves for my sewing table. At least I've constructed it so that I am sewing from the inside out and I don't have to cram it all under the arm of the machine. I am tacking together a couple of other pieces that will be part of this series I will entitle "Medallion Structure" . Initially, this one began as a "Medallion" but it embodies many of the elements that I use for my Stilt Houses and Architectural Studies, so I won't fight the progression of the ideas merging.

I love this particular detail.

This shot illustrates the subtle coloration in my painted gray canvas, as well as the stitching. As the outer ellipses cascade down to the ground, the stitching changes from black to brown. The stitching on the small interior ellipses in the central medallion-ish area is gray and light blue.Here is some yardage I painted for the liturgical banner I'm working on. It's a bit Van Gogh Starry Night, although not by intention. I want all the banner elements to relate cyclically to nature in their symbolism and patterning on the fabric.

This is what the banner looks like so far. It is pictured against a black background and it is a bit over 5 feet long so far and three feet wide. When finished it needs to be 17 feet long...but still only 3 feet wide. Yikes. I just painted a few yards of reddish/orange in order to add some big spirals on the top and the bottom. Big fun.

Also, if you happen to be in or around Philadelphia and/or Wayne, PA, check out "Art Quilt Elements 2008" at the Wayne Art Center. My "Stilt House II" is in the exhibition.