Category: Art
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A Bridge too far?
Well, the Pixeladies are back in the studio trying to finish the quilt for the Faith Ringgold exhibition in October (we hope to be posting link information here soon). Faith titled her memoir, We Flew over the Bridge, so we thought we should put ourselves on a bridge with Faith and use our text technique…
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Thanks for the memories, Dad
This is Kris. My dad passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92. Harry (only one of his nicknames) was the subject of the Pixeladies’ first collaboration. At the time we formed Pixeladies, he was finishing his autobiography, and we thought it would make a great quilt. [Deb’s comment: The theme for Kris’ quilt…
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Inspiration and Online Classes
I guess it all started in 1985. While I was working in Zurich for a summer, I got to visit the Verzasca Valley in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. It was breathtaking–the landscape, the color of the water, the fireflies, the lightning off in the distance. In 2000, I returned with my friend Weslee, whose…
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Working on Faith . . . Ringgold that is!
Sometimes you just have to pinch yourself. I still can’t believe that we – yes, the Pixeladies – have been invited to create a quilt in honor of Faith Ringgold. An entire event is being planned to honor her at City College of New York. She’s an alumna of the college and will be the…
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Linking WordPress to Facebook
Hey, we’re trying to figure out if our blog entry will automatically post to Facebook, if we tell WordPress to do so. So here’s an image to check it all out.
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Art and Community
Deb and I recently returned from a meeting of the Northern California Quilt Council. They devote two meetings a year to “Meet the Teachers.” Any member interested in teaching at a guild can sign up to present her/his classes to other members. These meetings attract upwards of two hundred people. We always come away inspired…
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Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
It’s that time of year again–The International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe is almost here. Since I won’t be attending this year, I decided to pull out some photos from years past. In 2007, we missed the market by one day. The sparkly decorations were still up, but the artists and the collectors were…
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Blocks of Color
We’ve been working on our latest commission and having lots of fun playing with blocks of color to create light, earth, and flora. Each of the four panels represents one of the family members. Bound to the California land, they nonetheless have individual interests, personalities, and desires. We’re trying to express all that in…
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2011-2013 SAQA Trunk Show Premiere
For the second time in its history, Studio Art Quilt Associates organized a traveling trunk show. Deb and I had the honor of curating the show. Every member of SAQA was invited to submit a piece, and every pieced was accepted as long as it conformed to the size requirement (must fit within the 12″…
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A Day of Remembering
So here we are, starting our blog. Since there are two of us, you can imagine how much we’ve discussed why we want to write a blog (to talk about art in general and our art in particular), how often we should write (Deb says once a week, but I remain a tad skeptical), and…