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| “What Remains” Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2024 33" x 45" |
White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, acrylic ink, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing, cotton backing. Digitally-altered photo, thread sketched, free-motion machine quilted.
Artist's statement: Withering and decay are a natural part of the changing of the seasons and the cycle of life, and they are as inspiring to me as the lovely blooms that emerge in springtime. What remains can be beautiful, too.
I'm
absolutely thrilled to announce that this piece has been
juried into Quilt National 2025! 85 pieces were selected from 659 entries by LUKE Haynes, Ellen Blalock, and Martha Sielman. (Thanks!)
The
opening weekend is May 23-25. The quilts will be exhibited at The Dairy
Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, through Sept. 1, 2025, and many will
tour through October 2027.
From www.dairybarn.org: “Quilt
National aims to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the
world of quilting. Its purpose is to carry the definition of quilting
far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what
it always has been — an art form. The works in Quilt National display a
reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of the heritage quilts.
Many of the works hold fast to the traditional methods of piecing and
patching. At the same time, however, Quilt National is fueled by the
challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quiltmaking by
utilizing the newest materials and technologies. These innovative works
generate strong emotional responses in the viewer while at the same time
fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual
statement.”
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| “What Remains” (detail) |
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| “What Remains” (detail) |
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