2023:a productive year
Total for 2023: Nine hand appliqu é d/reverse appliqu é d and hand quilted pieces Well, it's been yonks since I've taken the time to write, but this is a good moment to be a bit reflective about the work that I created last year. Assess the successes and learn from any mistake,- no, not "mistake," . . . diversion? redirection? 2023 started with a continuation of my focus on designing compositions with segments of the cropped letter "Q." This has proven to be a fertile theme to pursue. Ideas on how to manipulate the designs and options for their execution came faster than I could make them a reality. But this line of exploration was not without its detractors. More than once someone suggested that maybe I should "try something else." This suggestion from well meaning supporters begs the question: "Why do we create?" To satisfy an audience or to give voice to our own individuality? It might have gotten in my head but for the fact that ...