|  I wanted to make a quilt about corals but found them daunting at best... (more)
I wanted to make a quilt about corals but found them daunting at best. Corals are a fabulous riot of shapes and colors, a true feast to the eye and a perfect subject for a vibrant quilt. But distilling these amazing structures into simple two-dimensional forms without sacrificing their essence was a challenge that kept me awake at night.
I went snorkeling and I went online. I studied hundreds of images of reefs in broad landscapes and in captivating close-ups. I was tying to understand something new about corals. I didn't know what that was, but I allowed my intuition to guide me until I knew I'd got it, even if it was a feeling that couldn't be vocalized. At the studio I willfully emptied my head of all the colorful coral images I'd seen and I sketched out simple shapes. Then I went to my fabric stash and found the perfect colorful fabrics to begin building my own coral reef.
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Poseidon's Garden, 2007
72" x 62"
$2950
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Poseidon's Reef, 2006
38-1/2" x 39-1/2"
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Coral Confetti, 2010
27" x 27"
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Nautilus Shell, 2008
14" x 11"
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Sand Dollars, 2007
9" x 12"
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