Quilt sale this week

Hi anyone who reads this blog, this week I have decided to clear the decks a bit. I want to sell some quilts at much much lower than usual prices (enough to cover materials only) as my airing cupboard is full and I'd like to get some money together to pay for membership of the World Shibori  Network (plus possibly go to their symposium in China next year). Postage will be additional to the price.

I am going to Melbourne on the 10th of November so can post from there if anyone from Australia wants to buy something.

I will also be at the Whitireia campus in Paraparaumu this weekend for the Kapiti Arts and Crafts Trail if anyone wants to see the quilts in person. The campus is on the corner of Kapiti Rd and Milne Rd, Paraparaumu from 9-4 Saturday and 10-4pm Sunday.

  Title: Harakeke II. size 150cm X 50cm. Price NZ$150. Plus postage. SOLD

 Title: They are building on my View! size 101cm X 141cm  Price: NZ$150 plus postage. GONE

 Title: Grassland 5. Size 48cm x 48cm. Price NZ$50 Plus postage

 Title: Alien Invasions: rabbits. size: 101cm X 141cm. Price NZ$150 plus postage. SOLD

Title: There's not as much snow. Size 105cm x 83cm. NZ$120 plus postage

 Title: Fish, Fish. Size 50 X 50cm Price NZ$50 plus postage

 Title:  Size 50 X 50cm Price NZ$50 plus postage

  Title:  Size 50 X 50cm Price NZ$50 plus postage

 Title:  Size 50 X 50cm Price NZ$80 plus postage

  Title: Te Horoeka (The Lancewood) III. 108cm X 74cm Price NZ$150 plus postage

 Title: Back of beyond. (Inspired by the Gascoigne area,  Western Australia). 93cm X 145cm. Price NZ$200 plus postage.

Title: They are Building on my View II. Size: 51 X 103cm. Price: NZ$80.

Each quilt has a story, and I would be happy to tell you all about it if you buy one!

I will be adding more once I have taken some photos. If you would like to buy something please contact me at smith_c*actrix.co.nz (please change the star to an @ sign).

Southern lands exhibition quilts

Here are three quilts which I have made for the 'Southern lands' exhibition curated by Dijanne Cevaal, which will be shown in Europe. I need to make one more of these 50cm square quilts before tomorrow so that I can post them. The top one is called 'Waterways' and was inspired by a photo sent to me by a geologist friend who likes to use Google earth to home in on old ruins and interesting textures.

Commission no.2

I have also just finished a commission for a company. They wanted a quilt made of squares of different types of fabrics, lots of textures i.e corduroy, silk, leather, furnishing fabrics, cheesecloth.
I put out a call to friends to ask for shades of mid to dark blue in different weights of fabric and managed with their help to collect enough of a range that I didn't have to buy 20cm lengths in order to get 3inch squares. Thanks Coastal Quilters and Jude Hutton!

It is quite a traditional quilt in dark to mid tones but has white machine embroidery over the top. It wouldn't win any prizes in a quilt show but is going to be changed using computer imagery and have images projected over the top. Part of the brief was that it had to look 'handmade'.

Hopefully I will eventually get to see what they use it for. Like most commissions, the time frame was quite short and I did have to extend my working day to 2am on a couple of nights. Housekeeping and cooking has been non-existent the last week.

Long time no blog

I didn't realise it had been so long since I wrote anything here. I have been working on several commissions, a set of quilts to go to Germany for an exhibition which Dijanne Cevaal is curating called 'Southern Lands' and I have had bits and pieces of casual work. I just forgot about the blog. However, for the month of March I will be 'Artist in Residence' at Whitireia Polytechnic helping the textile department get their new Textile Mastercraft course off the ground. I get a room to work in, the use of the studios when they are not being used for teaching and a chance to take time for some experimentation with techniques that I have always wanted to try but have never made time for.

So I am currently trying to finish all the outstanding exhibition and commission pieces. Here is the very nearly completed grasses piece which is going to the U.S as soon as photography is completed. The first picture is a detail shot, I forgot that I needed to put the photos in first then do the writing!