Posts made in October, 2006
Intentional UFO
A few weeks ago I was talking with the faculty at the university where I’ll be having a solo show starting in December, and they suggested showing some work-in-progress so the students can see how I work. I thought this would be a great idea, and got excited about not finishing this piece “Alien Invasion” because I though it would be funny to have a UFO (unidentified flying...
Read MoreYummy Halloween Treats
Yuummm! Plate full of eyeballs….sounds good coming up on Halloween, doesn’t it? Actually I baked these this morning using Sculpty for my current quilt, Alien Invasion, so they’re not for eating. And what’s an alien invasion without an abducted cow? I have to laugh as I make things like barns and cows for this quilt because they’re not your typical colors. I...
Read MoreThe Relationship between Yoga and Food
Here’s PaMdora again, ready for quilting. Oooo, look! Her toes are curling up at the thought of going under the needle. I wonder if it feels something like getting a tattoo? Now her hair is curling up too! Just kidding, this is another in the series of Yoga 101 quilts that I’m working on — The Corkscrew pose. Since this is a departure from some of the other color palettes...
Read MoreWindows of Color
Friday I drove to St. Louis for another funeral. The service was held in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church early in the morning, and the morning light filled the church with a colorful glow through the stained glass windows. The windows reminded me of patchwork quilts, and I especially liked how the small symbols were intermingled with the blocks of color — each different, each one with a...
Read MoreExciting Studio News
Only recently I learned my quilt PaMdora’s Box will be at the San Jose Quilt and Textile Museum as part of Quilt National 2005. Yesterday I received this postcard in the mail — PaMdora is a cover girl! It’s very cool to be in this museum because I have lots of family out in that area who have never seen my work (except on my website.) So I’m excited to hear what they...
Read MoreCartoon Logic and Old Cars
I’ve been driving around for about a week now with a really big bug splat on my windshield — to be able to study the shape and attributes of bug splats, and also to remind myself to put some bug splats on this quilted car. Now that the car and the windshield are done, I guess I can go wash my real car. I was also thinking about quilting little bugs flying in the headlight beams, then...
Read More“Gilded” Closing Reception
This weekend was the closing reception for the Uncommon Threads “Gilded” show — aka Art Quilts at the Creamery. The Creamery is a historic building downtown that has been donated to our Arts Council and is undergoing a million-dollar renovation, so we were lucky to be able to have a show there. Several out-of-town artists who participated in this invitational came to...
Read MoreLast Day of Summer
Okay it’s not really summer, but yesterday hit 89, one of the last really warm days of the season. I’ve been working hard lately to get ready for this show. Truthfully, I’m kind of freaking out because I’d hoped to have a lot more work done by now, and I only have two month left to get ready. But I’ve been having a pretty good week, so we took the afternoon off to...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
