Last weekend I went to the Festival of Quilts. I am very fortunate that the show is only a 25 minute bus ride away. I have a bus pass so the journey is free and I don't have to pay the extortionate amount that is charged for parking. I was also very fortunate to be given a ticket for the show in return for an hour's stewarding on Leah Higgin's gallery. Surrounded by breakdown printing!!
I spent much longer at the show than I would normally and I think I still managed to miss bits because photos come up on my Facebook newsfeed of textiles I don't remember seeing. In this post you will only see photos of things that caught my eye.
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Connecting threads, fading borders by Annelies Ghyselen |
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Plot 105: 52 weeks by Alice Fox |
Several pieces by Eszter Bornemisza
I think this piece may have been the most popular exhibit in the show. It's certainly the one I've see most on my Facebook newsfeed.
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Breakdown by Sue Hotchkiss |
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Binic Boat Stack by Deborah Sexton |
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Summer Time by Janet Bevan |
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Twelve by Natalia Davydenko |
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Three Poems by Stephanie Redfern |
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shallow water by hanne ladegaard |
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Fractured Circles by Robyn Fahy
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Blue Mesh by Lucie Summers |
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Venice by Janice Gunner |
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Fading ii by Christine Chester |
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And after spending more than an hour in Leah's gallery I did not take one photo of her work. What was I thinking!!!!??!!
Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice
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