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

Barton, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607056615 ISBN 13: 9781607056614

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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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

Review

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, April/May 2014)

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, March/April 2014)

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, February/March 2014)

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1607056615
• ISBN 13: 9781607056614
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112