Two new additions to TCQC 12-08-13

This is a Quilt - Part II
I purchased three of the samples from SAQA's 2011 trunk show and showed two at:
http://www.delquilts.blogspot.com/2013/12/this-is-quilt-12-01-13.html
Tonight I am showing the other two pieces.

 
Pamela Allen did not name this piece, but since I have a problem with untitled items in TCQC I have named it "Knotted".  I suppose it could be "depth" or "dimension" or "corded" or "recycled", but knotted came into my head first. 

"Knotted"  2011  Pamela Allen - Kingston, Ontario, Canada   Matted to 8"x8"  11-28-13

I think Pamela's work is amazing.  How does she just sit down with scissors, fabric, and thread and come up with such interesting images and techniques?  There are six or seven of her quilts in the Collection and I treasure every one of them.

DETAIL "Knotted" 2011 Pamela Allen - Kingston, Ontario, Canada Matted to 8"x8" 11-28-13

 

DETAIL "Knotted"  2011 Pamela Allen - Kingston, Ontario, Canada Matted to 8"x8" 
11-28-13

How many times have you heard me say I don't buy quilts that need to be boxed separately - that cannot be rolled?  Well, sometimes I do.  I have another piece by Susan Else which resides in a dedicated box when not on the wall.  Sometimes I can't resist something that "speaks" to me. 

"Cold Day"  2011 Susan Else - Santa Cruz, CA  Displayed in an 8"sq. Lucite box.  11-28-13
This came from SAQA in the Lucite box - very cleverly held upright by tiny holes in the bottom through which stitches are taken into the lady's posterior.  I will keep her in the box, somehow it seems appropriate.
There are four views here, one into each side of the box. 
 

 "Cold Day"  2011 Susan Else - Santa Cruz, CA  Displayed in an 8"sq. Lucite box.  11-28-13

 
"Cold Day"  2011 Susan Else - Santa Cruz, CA  Displayed in an 8"sq. Lucite box.  11-28-13

"Cold Day"  2011 Susan Else - Santa Cruz, CA  Displayed in an 8"sq. Lucite box.  11-28-13

Susan is very good at getting realistic body language into her work.   Love the hair.

"This is a Quilt!" 12-01-13

SAQA is selling the matted examples from "This is a Quilt!" trunk show - see the website at:
http://www.saqa.com/storenew.php?scat=45
There are some little jewels, as long as you don't mind that they are matted and under the mat the edges are not necessarily finished. I don't like to add framed items to the Collection because they need special storage and are not portable enough for me to take along when I do programs for guilds and other organizations. However, these matted pieces are 12" square and will fit into the Mylar sleeves I use to store the quilts in the acid free boxes that are just the right size. I chose four favorites and will show them on my blog, but SAQA is removing the sold quilts from the page, so to see what kind of pieces there are you need to check in ASAP.
I don't know why the very white labels attached to the backs of the matting have turned blue.  I've taken the pictures twice at different times of the day.  Suggestions?

 

"Serendipity"  2011  Denise Oyama Miller - Fremont, CA.  8" square in a 12" mat. 

When I first looked at this quilt I thought it was a commercial batik, just quilted.  But Denise when through quite a process and came up with something I think is beautiful. 
 

DETAIL

My record keeping system doesn't like quilts that don't have titles, so I always make my own titles for untitled pieces.  This is now "Cow Country".  Original, eh?
 

"Cow Country"  2011  Keats Scott - Silverthorne, CO  8" square in a 12" mat.
 

DETAIL   I love Keats idea that all the dots are cows grazing across the landscape.
 

DETAIL  The mountains are cut from the upholstery fabric - I wonder if it had large flowers.  Sometimes fabric with big floppy roses makes perfect mountains or their reflection in still water.