Undercurrents

From the "River" exhibition, a while ago now (November 2003). These combine painting of fabric with piecing, and quite a lot of quilting in straightish lines flowing across the piece. They're about 18" (45cm) long. Other pieces in the show can be seen here - they include a 6m (17') long piece that went around the curve in the gallery and was finished at the last moment. Because of its site-specific shape, it's lying curled up, neglected somewhere.
If you're reading this on www.planet.textilethreads.com, apologies for the repeat. I decided to do a bit of editing and before I could do so, the spider grabbed this post for the textilethreads web. So here's some more about the River exhibition.
Usually the quilter's work incorporates or is inspired by the work of the photographer, but it worked both ways in this exhibition. Tony and I made work for it independently, and a couple of weeks before hanging the show we decided what pieces to put in. It was October and the gallery was near the canal, and on a walk there Tony saw some reflections that, he says, had he not seen "Blown Away", he wouldn't have noticed. He went back with his camera and the result is "Autumn1" and "Autumn2", a couple of the most commented-on images in the show.
"Underwater 3" has become my favourite of his photos from the show.