{"id":4846,"date":"2019-04-04T21:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T02:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2019-04-03T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:03:08","slug":"clear-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=4846","title":{"rendered":"Clear Vinyl !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previously I mentioned I’d brought back some clear vinyl sheeting from my recent visit to Colorado. Look, it’s probably available here in hardware stores, but I haven’t been scouting around for it. The minute I saw it in Denver, I just knew I needed some<\/em>, because I had been asking the store assistant if they had any faux black patent leather<\/em>. Those two clauses are related only in that these are both non-conventional materials for an artist of layered quilted fabrics or fabric-like materials. They had no faux patent leather<\/a> that I discovered and then used in ‘Land Marks’ 2016:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Land Marks 2016<\/em>


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Land Marks, detail – faux patent leather\/vinyl, mylar backed ripstop nylon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

but said they did have some ‘other vinyl things’, so, drawn irresistibly as a moth to a flame, I went to look, and found this clear vinyl. There were various weights. I chose the thinnest – wisely or not – it is heavier duty than cellophane, but thinner than the stuff used in a see-through makeup bags or one of those tote bags with colourful inner liners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Pinterest one recent morning, I clicked a link to someone’s work and though I looked hard just now, I just can’t find it again. Anyway, it was a small fibre construction, a sample I think, and sewn between two clear layers of clear vinyl. Seeing that spurred me to my first experiment with this terrific new stuff – I am so vulnerable to anything shiny!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I learned: (a) I need to find a way to control the evenness of the stitch (paper beneath it prolly) and<\/em> (b) this has interesting potential as a ‘quiltmaking’ material. (c) Try hand stitch too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was reminded of the exhibition of Montevideo artist Lilian Madfes’ 2011 show in which I photographed this work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this very innovative work – it’s not large, maybe a bit under 1m sq., and Lilian was very surprised to hear me say that I regard this as a perfect fit into the definition of ‘a quilt’ in the art quilt world today: “An art quilt<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0defined<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0SAQA<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as \u201ca creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure\u201d. The word “references” allows for a broader understanding of the\u00a0art quilt<\/strong> that welcomes growth and development of individual style.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s all got me thinking, and again trying to mentally get past the visible hanging rod and sleeve thing<\/em> that I’m perennially stuck on about hanging sheer textile works. (Eyelets? Sleeves?) My view is, if you can’t display them well\/effectively, you shouldn’t bother making them at all…<\/strong> <\/em>Or is that just being so narrow minded as to stifle creativity? Afterall, I could make a heap of these things and put them in a 3-ring binder … it wouldn’t be the first work I’ve presented in a binder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mixed media pieces pre-1987. Hand and machine embroidery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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