This was written in 2015 after a trip in Israel and sightseeing in WA. I don't remember why I didn't publish it. I am looking for inspiration for my quilting stitches. Usually I use the same color thread as the fabric that is going to be quilted. Deciding how to quilt a project is the usually the hardest decision that I make. Perhaps looking again on my focus in this blog can help. I tend to use a lot of color in my work. That is why I am so intrigued with color on color work in art and in nature.
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| WA, USA |
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| Modi'in, Israel |
I never know where inspiration will come and why. Usually for me it's the beauty or the message. This time the art was folded paper and it was mono colors. Shapes, shadows and light was used to create the majority of the work displayed. This is the nature of origami type art. Though not all of the art was folded paper, it was all made out of paper. Some collage work too. I was especially interested in the collages. After all, I make collages in my own studio. I love making collages. I have my 6th graders in Sunday school making collages by the end of the year and they love it. I also like origami, but collages is my thing. So, how surprising was it when I fell in love with the art that was all based on folded and manipulated paper of the same color. I think that I will try this out in fabric. I love the affects of shadowing. I went around Israel and here in WA state taking pictures just looking closely at objects with basically one color. I now appreciate the beauty of shadows and light.
The following pictures were taken at the Yafo Antiquities Museum
jaffamuseum.com. In 2015 they displayed art based on paper. It was beautiful. Here are a few of the intriguing works of art based only on one color. They even had a faux quilt in white on white. There is a close up of this piece. I highly recommend this museum on your next trip to Israel.
