Sherry Boram
Pendleton, IN, USA
Everything is recycled except
the thread and embroidery floss. " FUN DUDS II" is made
of old shirt, old bibs, old hanger, older ironing board pad, clear
plastic "buttons" from pop bottles.
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Anne Copeland
Lomita, CA, USA
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"Tin Woman"
14" tall
The Tin Woman is everything
the Tin Man lacked. She says, "I always
had a heart!" The tin woman is made from a coffee can,
legs are candleforms, arms are forks, and head is a glass
jar with a watercolor painted head inside. She had a watercolor
paper heart and the heart is decorated with"
threadies," those short pieces of threads people throw out.
Her texture on her body is made from paper towel painted silver.
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As a resident of the mid-west suburbs,
I am quite used to power outages. They are the perfect opportunity
for family to gather,
read by candlelight or snuggle in front of a fire... I was happy to hear
NYC was calm & most residents made the best of a difficult situation on August
14th, 2003 versus the looting and fires of the 1977 blackout. Other than thread & paint,
all the materials are recycled.
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Liza Lee Miller
Boulder Creek, CA, USA
My husband had a special
relationship with his maternal
grandparents.
We named our daughter after his grandmother. His grandfather was
wont to give things to my husband (in lieu of getting rid of them
himself).
My mother-in-law tells stories of her father calling to say her
son was
on his way home and then laughing evilly and saying he had a few
things with him. These ties were among the few things that stayed
with us
over the years -- although, whenever people visit our home, they
are
sure to ask about some interesting thing or another. The answer to"
where did you get that" is almost always, "Greg's grandfather." The
ties were starting to deteriorate with age, however and I felt it was
time to recycle them. I have always admired crazy quilting and it
seemed a wonderful way to include all the patterns together in
something that worked. I added in some special velvet scraps and lace,
etc. that I've collected. It was a lot of fun to work on and means
an
awful lot to my husband. So, this piece is dedicated to my late
grandfather-in-law, Gerald Robechaud and his grandson, Greg Miller.
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Kelly Simbardi
San Carlos, California, USA
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This quilt was made in response
to the journal quilt project this year. It is my July entry in honor
of what would have been my mother's 64th Birthday.
My
mom was a shop-a-holic is ever there was one and had more clothes
than even I can believe. (131 pairs of black stretch pants-why??
Who knows!) Since her death 5 years ago, I've held on to Granny's
clothing with the promise to make quilts for my children. Up until
this project, I've been unable to do it. This is the first piece
with her clothes. My father and I joked that this piece must be worth
at least $2,000 as the clothing I cut to make it originally cost
that much! Ever supportive and encouraging, my mom was instrumental
in my becoming a quilt artist. She, of course, was always willing
to buy lots and lots of fabrics!
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Julie Zaccone Stiller
Boulder Creek, California U.S.A.
Scraps and bits of life swirl into one spiral cycling
and recycling and cycling once more. Into the center
and out again in a different form.
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"Labyrinth #2 - Spiral Recycles"
19" x `9"
98% recycled Materials: Backing
recycled bedsheet,
batting scraps, fabric and thread scraps (that most
sane people throw out)make up the background, wedding veil tulle netting, and
cotton/lycra scraps make up the spiral. The only un-recycled part is the rayon
variegated thread which anchors down the spiral.
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Meena
Schaldenbrand
Plymouth, MI, USA
Metal pop cans flowers, fish and sun
water : Shrunk Tyvek envelopes
Mountains of serger chain threads
grass : thread scraps
Spring..fish
Earrings, pins,beads from broken necklace
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detail
"Recycled Landscape"
16” w x 20”
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Ann Turley
Walnut, CA USA
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"The Coast"
Using photographs of my
favorite vacations, I have begun to create a series of "Postcard From..." quilts. My husband and
I recently spent a few
weeks on Kauai, where I took an unbelievable amount of pictures.
This quilts was inspired by an awesome view of a portion of the
Na'Pali coast from
hiking trail above the cliffs. Old clothing from the eighties
was used in the appliqué process.
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Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Techniques: hand
quilted, appliquéd, & embellished .
Materials: cotton
fabrics; recycled computer media, recycled
computer keyboard
keys, recycled film, computer and electrical wires.
Statement: "Mixed
Media" has
many meanings including this style of
artwork. The embellished items are all forms
of computer media. It
is a reference to the bipolar
'mixed' state: the rapid vacillation between
depression and mania. V1.2
is the most autobiographical of my computer
series in that I spend a good portion of my
day in front of my laptop reading and writing.
Along
the bottom in lettered beads I've spelled out, "I
READ I WRITE I SEW I QUILT".
Sewing Daily/Daily Sewing keeps my bipolar
disorder in balance.
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detail
"Mixed Media Version 1.2:
Read/Write"
28”h x 22”w x 1.5”d
© Carolyn Lee Vehslage - August 2003
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Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Materials: cotton,
tulle, shears, foam board, recycled keys from an old computer keyboard,
stick on letters,
stamp & stencil metallic
inks, metallic thread, & beads.
Techniques: machine
quilting, hand embroidery, stenciling, stamping, hand appliqué, & embellishment.
Techniques: The “Keyboard
Lockup” series
evokes the feelings of frustration and lack of control
when computers 'freeze up'. It’s
a metaphor for not being able to move forward in this
moment in time. Each iceberg blue piece is covered with
frost and snowflakes. Silvery icicles hang from computer
keyboard letters that spelled out words like "frozen".
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detail
“Keyboard Lockup Version
1.5: Does Not Compute”
6”h x 17”w x 1”d
© Carolyn Lee Vehslage - August 2003
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Carolyn Lee Vehslage
"Motherboard Meltdown Versions
2.5 –2.8: Four Patch"
24”w x 29.5”h x 1"d
© Carolyn Lee Vehslage - September 2003
Techniques: machine
and hand quilting, stamping, embellishment, waxing
Materials: cotton fabric; metallic thread, beads,
and metallic ink; recycled computer components, computer ribbon
cable, and wax.
Statement: The "Motherboard
Meltdown" series is a metaphor for stress induced mental
breakdown.
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