{"id":1257,"date":"2011-05-25T14:51:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2011-05-25T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:51:26","slug":"small-works-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Small Works Continued,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a0few weeks ago\u00a0I posted\u00a0 group of\u00a0small landscape works from 2000,\u00a0\u00a0mounted on woven newspaper mats which seemed like a good idea at the time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A while back I\u00a0dug them out to give me <a title=\"Small Works\" href=\"www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1223\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">something of\u00a0 a starting point<\/span><\/a> in a small\u00a0pieced works\u00a0direction to which I feel increasingly drawn.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1265\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W370&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1306173380&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2009&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"small improvisations 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1265\" title=\"small improvisations 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-11.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1266\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W370&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1306173363&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2009&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"small improvisations 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"small improvisations 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/small-improvisations-21.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0fit a 20cm x 20cm art stretcher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I love pieced work, where areas of different coloured and textured fabrics are joined by stitch to form a new fabric surface pattern.\u00a0 Call it patchwork if you will, which it technically is;\u00a0 however I\u00a0think to most people the term &#8216;patchwork&#8217; \u00a0has connotations of templates,\u00a0 traditional patterns and precise geometric shapes.\u00a0 The ultra fine lines in pieced work\u00a0 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margerygoodall.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Margery Goodall<\/span><\/a>\u00a0several years ago\u00a0alerted me to technical potential that I had\u00a0not explored in my own work (and since developed in\u00a0my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/gallery.php?cat=4\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ebb &amp; Flow<\/span><\/a> series)\u00a0\u00a0Recent improvisational pieced works\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisacall.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lisa Call<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erinwilsonquilts.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Erin Wilson<\/span><\/a>\u00a0have reminded me of the potential of &#8216;lines&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a0few weeks ago\u00a0I posted\u00a0 group of\u00a0small landscape works from 2000,\u00a0\u00a0mounted on woven newspaper mats which seemed like a good idea at the time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A while back I\u00a0dug them out to give me something of\u00a0 a starting point in a small\u00a0pieced works\u00a0direction to which I feel increasingly drawn. \u00a0 These\u00a0fit a 20cm x 20cm art stretcher.\u00a0 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