Quilts = Art = Quilts

The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY will open the Quilts=Art=Quilts exhibition this weekend. Quilts=Art=Quilts 2014 is the Schweinfurth Art Center's 34th annual juried quilt exhibition. The Art Center has long recognized the importance of quilts as a visual medium, and has been presenting quilts in an art gallery setting since 1981. View 77 quilts by 73 artists from around the world including Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  

Memory's Playground, Paula Kovarik, 2014

My piece, Memory's Playground, will be there. This is one of those quilts that needs to be seen close up. It was inspired by that game we play identifying cloud shapes as objects. Then morphed into a study on how the brain categorizes images and connections.  If you are in the Auburn, NY area, take a moment or two to see this wonderful exhibition. And let me know your thoughts on the work!

Memory's Playground, detail

Memory's Playground accepted

Happy to say that my piece, Memory's Playground, has been accepted into the Quilts=Art=Quilts show at the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. It is a lovely gallery in a beautiful setting. I am honored to be part of the show. Opening weekend is November 1 if you are in the area.

It's a hard one to show online because of all the detail. Here is a close up view of the right section. I used a scalloped edge tablecloth as the base. You can see some of my work in progress shots of it here, here, and here

Memory's Playground, detail, Paula Kovarik

progress

It rained and rained this weekend (over 7 inches!) which made being in the studio a true joy. I got a lot done:

• 3 hanging sleeves sewn and attached (hate making these),
• final embroidery details on a quilt that recently sold (see above pic),
• final naming ritual for said quilt,
• 5 quilt labels printed and sewn on,
• 1 piece that needed to be created and finished for the local guild challenge (this one was a bit of a struggle since the piece had some pre-requisites that do not follow my normal style),
• 2 quilts that needed to be packed for shipping (for the Earlville Opera House show coming up in Earlville, NY in July and August), and
• a complete cleaning of all horizontal surfaces in the studio. 

Now, I have cleared the decks for the Pundit series. 

progress

Following a dead zone in creativity and centeredness I have finally made some progress on the piece I am temporarily calling Everything's Connected. This one started as an exploration of bulbous cloud shapes, morphed into an assemblage of random shapes and figures and now lives on with new linkages. I am focusing on how the brain sorts and associates random thoughts into a cohesive (but confusing) whole.

good morning texture

Random Thoughts, Paula Kovarik, 2014

The studio brims with sunlight this morning, casting it's eye on the Random Thoughts piece I am finishing up. Started another layer of detail yesterday that you may or may not see in this shot.

More later. must go back to work.