(with thanks to Ann Luther for the “material” of this blog!)
It is a wonderful thing to be able to
create art, whether it is painting, sculpture, glass or fabric.
Everyone has a
concept of what they think art is and everyone has a different opinion while
viewing the same piece of artwork.
Ann Luther uses fabric as the medium to
express herself and feels that her quilts should be hung on a wall and enjoyed.
The three elements that she loves – color, texture and design – are incorporated
into every piece of quilt art that she creates.
One of her most oft-asked questions
is why many of the quilts use the word “life” in one way or the other. Ann
feels that if an artist puts so much effort and creativity into designing and
executing a piece of artwork, that by naming the art “Unnamed” is somewhat of a
cop-out.
By using the words life or live, there are endless possibilities of
names that can be used as nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives. Several examples
of her quilt names are Soaring through
Life, Night Life and Alive and
Dancing.
Years ago, Ann took classes on Amish
quilts and learned that Amish quilters purposely make a mistake in each of
their quilts as only God is able to create perfection. She found this sad for
the Amish that they have to work to create a mistake, as every single quilt Ann
has made has at least one mistake and she is able to do this without even
trying!
The Threads of Life exhibit may be visited in the JCC’s Art Gallery on
the north side of the campus until Fri, February 28. The intricacies and
vibrancy of her work will dazzle you and give you a greater appreciation of
quilts as art.
Allow yourself a few moments to stroll and enjoy Ann’s
creativity.
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