I’ve been counting the days when generative art would cross quilts! Artnet just announced a textile-based NFT project going live on May 17.
Continue reading [INSPIRATION] Quilting + Generative Art = Gee Bend QuiltsI’ve been counting the days when generative art would cross quilts! Artnet just announced a textile-based NFT project going live on May 17.
Continue reading [INSPIRATION] Quilting + Generative Art = Gee Bend Quilts
The Lady Behind the Ladybug
Vera Neumann (1907-1993) was an American-born artist who started a design company from her kitchen table in 1947. She is best known for her extensive, prolific designs for home décor, fine art and industrial products. Her designs are full of rich, vibrant colors and expressive symbols. Her logo is recognized all over the world for its simply “Vera” title next to the distinctive, colorful ladybug.
Vera’s designs have translated well over the years into wearables such as scarves, jackets and jewelry. You can also find her designs on bedding, tableware, glassware, ceramics and virtually any household item imaginable. Vera believed that people should surround themselves with art.
Vera was by far the most successful entrepreneur of her time. Her company the Vera Company (http://www.theveracompany.com), owns the entire collection of Vera’s designs and sells licensed items in high end stores like Bloomingdales, Nordstrom’s and Lord and Taylor.
I fell in love with Vera Neumann in the early ’80’s before I even knew what design was. Before I even knew my own design sensibility. As a young girl I collected images of flowers.
The vibrant colors and warm fuzzies from the subject matter dictated my love of the florals and nature in general. To me, Vera’s surface designs exhibited the life and energy that I always enjoyed when viewing florals.
On the business side, I’m inspired by the fact Vera copyrighted her designs in the Library of Congress. To date of this writing, the company has over 8,000 designs copyrighted in the Library of Congress.
-Angela
textiles | painting | surface design
Statement:
The 4th work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Leveling Up represents the ascension in one’s personal life. Leveling up is the elevation to reach the next chapter, next stage, next phase, next plateau in one’s existence. This is a personal exercise for each human being and means something different to each one.
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The 3rd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Crossing Roads is the personal discovery of the terrain of life. Like traveling over different terrains, life’s journey consists of crossing many roads that are full of turns, ups, downs, stops, starts, rough patches and smooth ones.
Statement:
The 2nd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Seeing My Way Out of Blue represents the eventual transformation of a human being out of the muck and mire of life’s visceral levels into a deeper, psychic realm of existence.
Statement:
The first work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Searching for Inner Code represents the inner work that every person goes through to discover their own “code”.
Kicking off 2022 with a brief series of virtual trunk shows to showcase quilting work over the years.
textiles | painting | surface design
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