Burst of Color
Burst of Color is a juried show of art quilts, textile sculptures, collages, hand-felted wool masks, jewelry, and garments created by 36 members of Peninsula Fiber Artists. Art quilts, textile sculptures, collages, hand-felted wool masks, jewelry, and garments are among the 70+ pieces on exhibit at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St, Port Townsend, Washington. The exhibit will be open Jan. 5-Feb. 11, noon-5 p.m., Thursdays-Mondays.
Visitors can meet the artists on Saturday, Jan. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the complimentary opening reception, and again on Jan. 13 when a panel of artists will describe their techniques and media.
All pieces are available for purchase.
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Barbara Houshmand
Port Angeles
360-808-5525
barbarahoushmand@gmail.com
Big Smith
Size: 28”x 68”
Year completed: 2023
Retail Price: $750
Materials & Techniques: Hand dyed and purchased indigo fabric, an overall from the thrift store. I use machine appliqué as well as hand stitching.
Statement: I was inspired by Indigo cloth and patchwork and the iconic blue denim overall and bandana, symbolic of rural America, was the base of my inspiration. Worn and torn Americana, patched and re-patched in blue, yet interesting and color filled.
Barbara Ramsey
Port Townsend
510-384-0713
bramsey53@gmail.com
brquilts.net
Carol Roi Olsen
Bainbridge Island
206-780-0379
carolroi@comcast.net
Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Port Townsend
caryl@bryerpatch.com
360-385-2568 (H)
270-559-8559 (C)
www.bryerpatch.com
Electric Snails
61” x 81”
2023
$8600.00
Digital design, digital painting, digital printing, machine quilting. Cotton fabric, polyester & acrylic thread, cotton/bamboo batting
This is one of a series of quilts that combine zigzags, and curved shapes, in this case, logarithmic spirals. I turned my line drawing into separate shapes, and where the shapes crossed, I used different colors, which makes every shape appear transparent. The design was printed on cotton fabric by Spoonflower. It is wider than the standard Spoonflower fabric, so it was printed on two pieces of fabric and pieced together. Most of the piecing falls along the curving black lines. The quilting was done with many different thread colors and patterns. The binding strips were designed especially for this piece. The backing fabric is from my Atmosphere collection for Benartex.
Cathie Wier
Port Townsend
360-202-0677 (C)
cathie.wier@gmail.com
cathiewier.com
Cynthia LeRouge
Port Townsend
314-709-0624 (C)
360-344-2293 (L)
cynlerouge@gmail.com
Emotional Outburst
20” Wide X 11” High
2023
$350
Hand-dyed sculpted “tapa cloth” made with flax roving, crafted fiber beads, letter bead embellishments colored wire
To be human is to have emotions; and sometimes emotional outbursts of joy or anger happen. This piece throws subdued emotion aside to recognize the colors we may see and colorful words we may say during those times when I spirit breaks free.
The piece is made using hand-dyed flax roving to make ethereal fiber sheets akin to a tapa cloth that are sculpted into various shapes and set off with hand rolled fiber beads, colored wire, and letter beads.
Daera Leslie Dobbs
Poulsbo
541-300-0293
daeraleslie@gmail.com
Debra E Olson
Port Townsend
360 344 2945 (H)
253 228 6312 (C)
debolson747@yahoo.ca
http://www.itzadebdesign.com
@DebraEOlson
Donna Lee Dowdney
Bainbridge Island
360 490-0176
donnaleedowdney@gmail.com
www.donnaleedowdney.com
Donna Lark
Redmond
734-347-9602
doelark@gmail.com
DonnaLarkFelts.com
Donna Moore
Port Ludlow
530-828-1460
donnamoore15@gmail.com
Light Iris Art Yarn Scarf
10” x 72”
2022
$125
Materials and Techniques: Various traditional and art yarns in wool, silk, acrylic and banana leaf. Woven on a Rigid Heddle Loom.
Statement: My first cool, grey and wet winter in the Pacific Northwest motivated me to visit places of vibrant color and happy smiles. Local yarns shops cheered me up and inspired my new love of chunky, unique art yarns. After exploring various ways to incorporate these beautiful art yarns into wearable art, I discovered the Rigid Heddle Loom and fell in love. My technique is to weave in a very loose style incorporating various types of wool, silk and novelty yarns.
Erica Iseminger
Chimacum
360 732 0562
eeisemi@gmail.com
@ericaiseminger
Zen Salad
12” x 12” x 4” - freestanding
2023
$300.00
Materials and Techniques :
Bowl is constructed of wild cherry bark, cherry branch sticks and anodized aluminum wire. The stones were gathered on a local beach then wrapped in botanically dyed cane.
Statement :
A storm took down the cherry tree so to make the most of the tree I stripped the bark off when cutting it up for firewood. Cleaning up the bark revealed amazing color and texture reminiscent of silk taffeta. Building a bowl from the bark brought life back to the fallen tree - a gift from the forest. Beach walks always yield some kind of treasure, quite frequently stones to dress with cane and fill a bowl.