{"id":8237,"date":"2023-11-05T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=8237"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:36:47","slug":"my-favourite-stitched-square-motif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=8237","title":{"rendered":"My Favourite Stitched Square Motif"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am keen on grid layouts featuring repeated units, the essence of traditional geometric patchwork, with which I had a brief involvement 1989-90 before venturing to designing my own original quilted fibre art. Some time in 2020 I focused on an image of squares and lines by Vera Molnar,<\/a> widely recognised as a foremost pioneer of computer algorithm aided art known as generative art <\/a> On seeing this image, I realised a square of paint or applique plus stitch could be a wonderful repeat unit for my textile art, and did the following two samples – <\/p>\n\n\n

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These turned out to be the beginning of an obsession really, and more or less in the order of their development, the following samples show how I’ve explored that idea in stitch+different materials. As I’ve written elsewhere<\/a>, technique and materials can come together in unexpected and inspiring ways as a result of good teaching, to students prepared to experiment to explore potential of what was learned. I myself am a keen experimenter, a maker of samples to see what happens when I follow an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2020 SAQA Spotlight auction, 6″ x 8″, 3\/4″ squares, polyester.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Detail “Fused 9Patch”, 3\/4″ silk squares<\/em><\/strong> stitched with tapestry-weight neon polyester thread.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Auditioning of different square-on-squares designs on ~1″ squares hologram fabric.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Stencilled ~1.5″ squares with fabric stacks.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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3\/4″ inch holograpm fabric squares, different stitch auditions.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Further auditions, and the simple ones, on the ~1″red stamped squares work best.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Who knows wherethis is leading…. I feel almost ready to just jump in and start a major work incorpoprating some of this – stacks, holographic fabric, perhaps some stencilling…. and think I’ll go for a walk to think about all this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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