Visual Guide to Working in a Series: Next Steps in Inspired Design - Gallery of 200+ Art Quilts

by Elizabeth Barton

Overview

This inspiring guide from art quilter Elizabeth Barton is for quilt artists who have mastered the basics and want to explore deeper levels of creativity and skill. Learn how making a series of quilts can help you generate more ideas, find new subtleties in favorite subjects, and build a body of work for shows. Creative exercises help you develop your own themes and techniques. Includes a huge gallery of more than 200 examples from Elizabeth and other working art quilters. Packed with hands-on lessons and examples, this book will transform your work and enlarge your creative vision forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607056614
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	01/07/2014
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Barton is a well-known fiber artist who travels, teaches, and makes art quilts. Reflected light, translucency and the effects of time are recurring themes in her work, which is often influenced by her childhood in York, England. Elizabeth lives in Athens, GA. www.elizabethbarton.blogspot.com

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Thinking

Introduction

Definition of working in a series

Why one should work in a series

When should you work in a series

How long should a series be

Paving the way

Chapter 2: Getting to work: finding your theme

Begin by looking back

Variations on a constant

A central idea

Themeand variations

Form:a simple unit

Form:texture: arashi shibori, monoprinting

Form:line

Content:different views of the same thing

Content:nature

Content:time

Content:narrative

Choosingyour best fit

Considerthe display

Chapter 3: Getting to work: exploring the theme

How to work in a series

Sequentialor simultaneous

Decidingupon a theme

Developingparameters

Deciding on techniques

tracing

sketching in pencil

sketching in watercolor

collage

photocopying

photographing

computer software

Chapter 4: Working the Series: discovering art techniques

developingintuition

strong color schemes and the use of simultaneous contrast

value patterns (chiaroscuro, or Notan)

applying landscape composition painting guidelines to art

the illusion of depth

working from photographs, the problems thereof

the dynamic quilt

focal areas and emphasis

underlying structural patterns

positive and negative space

visual pathways

shibui, the power of the mark of the hand

Chapter 5: Showing Your Work

Qualities to Strive For

Originality

Attention Getting

Strong Composition

Communication of Intention

Mark of the Hand

Good Technique

Energy

Good From a Distance, Better Close Up

Learning from Jurors' Statements

Critique Groups

End Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

If you've ever wanted to take your work to the next level but were unsure how to go about it, this book will point you in the right direction. Working in a series can help you refine your ideas, elevate your creativity and develop an artistic voice. Get inspired by more than 200 art quilts as you learn valuable aesthetic lessons through Barton's creative exercises.

Quilters Newsletter

Are you ready to really explore art quilting but aren’t sure where to start—and how to stay focused? If so, Elizabeth Barton has some ideas for you. Following up on her sought-after first book, Inspired to Design: Seven Steps to Successful Art Quilts, Elizabeth offers quilters a 112-page art lesson focused on working in a series, including an 8-page Getting Started chapter on its joys and benefits. In this book you’ll find tips and exercises for planning, finding a theme, and expanding your skills. She uses her own work and that of other talented quilters as both example and encouragement. Elizabeth advocates thoughtful self-evaluation, development of themes and techniques, and the joy of discovering yourself as an inspired creator of quilt art. By following Elizabeth’s lessons and advice, you will find yourself growing as an artist.

Quilting Arts Magazine

Elizabeth's second book is chock full of exercises and tips for working in a series. From explaining why to work in a series to choosing a theme, developing the series and showing your work, she covers all the basics. This is an excellent resource for artists wishing to develop their own signature style and a level of maturity in their work. An added bonus: Elizabeth shares numerous examples of her own beautiful work as well as that of other renowned quilt artists.

Machine Quilting Unlimited

Are you ready to really explore art quilting but aren’t sure where to start—and how to stay focused? If so, Elizabeth Barton has some ideas for you. Following up on her sought-after first book, Inspired to Design: Seven Steps to Successful Art Quilts, Elizabeth offers quilters a 112-page art lesson focused on working in a series, including an 8-page Getting Started chapter on its joys and benefits. In this book you’ll find tips and exercises for planning, finding a theme, and expanding your skills. She uses her own work and that of other talented quilters as both example and encouragement. Elizabeth advocates thoughtful self-evaluation, development of themes and techniques, and the joy of discovering yourself as an inspired creator of quilt art. By following Elizabeth’s lessons and advice, you will find yourself growing as an artist.

February/March 2014 Quilting Arts Magazine

Elizabeth's second book is chock full of exercises and tips for working in a series. From explaining why to work in a series to choosing a theme, developing the series and showing your work, she covers all the basics. This is an excellent resource for artists wishing to develop their own signature style and a level of maturity in their work. An added bonus: Elizabeth shares numerous examples of her own beautiful work as well as that of other renowned quilt artists.

March/April 2014 Machine Quilting Unlimited

If you've ever wanted to take your work to the next level but were unsure how to go about it, this book will point you in the right direction. Working in a series can help you refine your ideas, elevate your creativity and develop an artistic voice. Get inspired by more than 200 art quilts as you learn valuable aesthetic lessons through Barton's creative exercises.

April/May 2014 Quilters Newsletter