All About Me - Old Firehouse Art Center

All About Me – self-portraits in all media
Juried show at Old Firehouse Art Center
September 8 – October 14, 2006

Betty was awarded a Judge's Choice cash prize for her entry

Nicole's Series - Africa/Motion/Asia

SERIES #1 - The "color" of this series is Africa - its people, animals, landscape, symbols, traditions and beliefs. The techniques will be varied and will include: hand and machine applique; three-dimensional embellishment and beading; machine and hand quilting; different types of painting; photo transfer to fabric; and trapunto.



"Maasai Official Girlfriend"






"Things Fall Apart" (Inspired by the book by the same title. The center gold shape is the Adinkra symbol for Home.)










"Dr. John Garang De Mabior" (From Evelyn Bassoff's "#11 African Tears" with her permission.)

















"Primitive" - center discharged fabric by Pennie Magee

















SERIES #2 - The "color" of this series is "Fabrics in Motion" - fiber art with undulating edges. "Things Fall Apart" is also a part of this series.









"Butterfly Ray at Black's Beach"













"Winter Solstice Celebration"















"Vietnamese Orchid" - 3D in Vietnamese silk.











Series #3. The "color" of this series is "Asia" - the people and the land.

"Autumn Day Dreams"

Martha's Series - Mother's Closet

Martha's series uses vintage objects from her mother's life as the focal point.

Series 1


#2 in Series


#3 in Series

Sharon's Series - Backyard

Sharon's series centers on the (mostly!) peaceful nature of her backyard. The series uses photos manipulated and printed on fabric, then pieced together.

Series 1

#2 in Series


#3 in Series (in progress)

Betty's Series - Family Photos

Betty's Series is based on family photos incorporated with patchwork.

#1 in series -

The first in the series shows her parents hiking above Boulder in 1931 and includes vintage patchwork.




#2 in Series

"Billy and Betty", Brother & Sister, early 40's








#3 in Series -

"In my Grandmother's Garden" - Alton, Illinois, 1940.















#4 in series -

Father (front) as a college young man, Boulder, Co - 1932















#5 in series -
Father fishing with friends, near Boulder, early '30's


























"The Dream Weaver"
(Inspiration - Dream Interpretation Class).

Pennie's Series - Discharged Black

Pennie's series is based on the use of discharged black pima cotton in organic patterns and incorporated with hand stitching.

Examples of discharged fabrics





Here is one of the quilts I made entirely with fabric I discharged. The squares and the spiral adhere to the Fibonacci sequence of numbers.




















And here is a recent piece I discharged. I think I will quilt this as a whole piece of cloth rather than cut it up.

Denny's Series - Women Rethinking

Denny's continuing series on women rethinking their decisions uses 3-D embellishments, photo transfer, and other techniques.

Fiona










"Betty, like, rethinks her commitment to keeping up with, like, youthful trends."

Cynthia's Series - Yankee Puzzle

Cynthia's series is based on abstractions of the traditional block, Yankee Puzzle using clear, bright colors with accents of black and black & white. The pieces in the series will be constructed using curved piecing and heavy quilting and will illustrate depth and movement.

Series 1

#2 in Series

#3 in Series