tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post113924834302623524..comments2024-01-13T04:45:08.762+00:00Comments on artmixter: In The Ghetto?artmixterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088499758960154464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139410135151910632006-02-08T14:48:00.000+00:002006-02-08T14:48:00.000+00:00I'm lucky in that my guild's accepting of art quil...I'm lucky in that my guild's accepting of art quilts and enjoy seeing my pieces and have lots of questions about my techniques. I've inspired others to give it a try. I do agree though--who wants to join a group if they don't understand or appreciate your work?Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095739010254230266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139404295453012082006-02-08T13:11:00.000+00:002006-02-08T13:11:00.000+00:00Maybe it's a combination of two things: fear on th...Maybe it's a combination of two things: fear on the one hand, and a result of lack of discrimination in general on the other. On visiting an exhibition of contemporary embroidery I have found it difficult to explain to a traditional stitcher that some of the works are fantastic pieces of art, while others are really just a mess. <BR/><BR/>Traditionalists are perhaps rather like cooks who understand, follow, and even write recipes being asked to appreciate chemical experiments. It isn't possible without a lot of education. And I don't think the chemists are too worried. So neither should we be, tho' it is horrid to be whispered about.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139367339454044752006-02-08T02:55:00.000+00:002006-02-08T02:55:00.000+00:00Debra -- in my FORMER guild, I had exactly the sam...Debra -- in my FORMER guild, I had exactly the same experience. Dead silence when I showed an art quilt. These same people (now 8 years later) told me that my workshops were too off-the-wall for them. LOL. Marion - I'm with you and Groucho!Raynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981832263645584878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139323705813126792006-02-07T14:48:00.000+00:002006-02-07T14:48:00.000+00:00Oops. I forgot to give myself a recognizable name....Oops. I forgot to give myself a recognizable name. It's Lynn. My blog is Life on the Highland Line. Think I'd better fix that.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325271283002672292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139323622634836362006-02-07T14:47:00.000+00:002006-02-07T14:47:00.000+00:00You are so right about the seeming lack of appreci...You are so right about the seeming lack of appreciation for art quilts but I think it may have more to do with a lack of confidence that many trad quilters feel for original art quilting and even for machine quilting of anything! They got into quilting because they saw others doing something they admired and felt they could learn to do. When they see art quilts, they don't think they could (a) think up the design, (b) execute the piecing or applique, (c) machine-quilt, (d) embellish with couching or beads, and (e) do any surface design, especially not PAINTING on top of a quilt.<BR/><BR/>My sewing circle admired my work but always says "Oh, we could NEVER do that." I think they mean "We WOULD NEVER do that" but perhaps it's not because they wouldn't like to, just don't think they could. We all like to succeed in what we try.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325271283002672292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20380818.post-1139290851747396192006-02-07T05:40:00.000+00:002006-02-07T05:40:00.000+00:00Marion,I've had lots of the same reactions.. a 9 p...Marion,<BR/><BR/>I've had lots of the same reactions.. a 9 patch baby quilt at my guild gets full-on applause. While I show an art quilt .. full of original thought and unique work and everyone sits on their hands.<BR/><BR/>(we won't even go to depression thing, except to say it has virtually vanished since I've become post menopausal.)Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504185070473121551noreply@blogger.com