I have been a member of a Fractured Art Quilt group for about four years now. The group began with six members in the first year. At the end of the first projects, three of the members dropped out and we decided to replace only two of them. Three of the original members have continued with the group to complete a total of three pieces and others have either one or two pieces which they have finished.
Each member designs a pattern and then fractures it into five pieces. One piece of each persons' pattern is given to each participant. (This means that each person works on every pattern including their own.) The originator of the pattern establishes what guidelines, if any, they have for their original piece. Everyone has about ten months to finish all five pieces and return them to their respective owners. Each individual then puts their fractured pieces back together and does the finishing quilting and embellishing.
The fractured quilts which have been completed to date were shown at a special exhibit at the Sisters Quilt Show in Sisters, OR last summer. They were very well received and we have since begun work on next years fractures. I am posting pictures of the pieces which were completed since the group began.
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| Joanne Baeth, 2008 |
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| Dona Ford, 2008 |
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| Louise Page, 2008 |
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| Carol Dougan, 2008 |
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| Joanne Baeth, 2009 |
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| Dona Ford, 2009 |
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| Louise Page, 2009 |
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| Susan Massini, 2009 |
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| Carol Bowen, 2009 |
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| Joanne Baeth, 2010 |
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Dona Ford, 2011
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| Louise Page, 2010 |
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| Susan Massini, 2010 |
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| Cheryl Carbone, 2010 |
These are absolutely wonderful and a great way to show how the eye and brain work to blend the overall vision regardless of pattern and color used within the same item.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and please keep everyone posted with the next round of fractures.
These are all amazing, but I think the irises are my favorite. In some of them it is really hard to see where the sections are. Great job, all of you! As Robin said, be sure to show us the next round.
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