Janice Walker “Quilts as Art”

I make art for the challenge of seeing what I can do next with my palette of commercially printed fabrics. The originally designed works are sewn using a layering process similar to quilting, but made to hang on the wall like fine art. After the initial design is constructed, I add additional color and texture with a variety of threads and machine stitching.

Nature is often my inspiration, but many times the fabric insists on being put together in ways abstract or unusual. Ten years in, I am still in the midst of a creative exploration of the possibilities of a medium not usually part of our culture’s art heritage.

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I play with fabric and thread to make art. It’s fun! It’s beautiful!