Interactions #50, Tempt Me, US

By taking ordinary pieces of cotton and transforming them into forceful collages of luminous color, contemporary textile artist Gerri Spilka brings together disparate elements of quilting, modern abstraction, and human interaction to re-imagine work of traditional sewing into a visual narrative on the collective experience. Spilka’s works bypass the purely domestic nature of typical quilting most remarkably for their color, scale, and movement. With some pieces as large as 95 inches, her works often have the presence of murals, or a modernist idea of a grand tapestry. While formally a structural component holding the layers together, the quilting stitches also establish subtle dimension and texture that can be transformed with the use of contrasting thread colors or directional shifts. Spilka hand dyes her fabrics in an antique ringer...

By taking ordinary pieces of cotton and transforming them into forceful collages of luminous color, contemporary textile artist Gerri Spilka brings together disparate elements of quilting, modern abstraction, and human interaction to re-imagine work of traditional sewing into a visual narrative on the collective experience. Spilka’s work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. It is held in private collections and in public collections including the International Quilt Museum...

Colourful modern tapestry made with opaque beads, silk thread, and chain stitches. This piece of art is sold singularly or in a set of three. In this artwork, the use of colours is bold, and to balance it the artist, Geraldine Larkin, has chosen a few simple embroidery techniques...

Made in 2013 by Naomi Clark Wool blanket with dye, paint and appliqué Naomi Clark’s Quilt Paintings are made from vintage camp blankets culled f...