Saturday, November 19, 2005

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft


While in Houston we made it over to the Center for Contemporary Craft which was having an exhibition of eight internationally known textile artists. I thought these big long pieces on linen by Ilize Aviks were okay, but when I got closer I was really impressed by how all the embroidery made the work. It was called "Book of Hours: Perfectionism,", and you have to wonder how many hours all those seed stiches too.

There were several pieces by Joan Schulze that were a combination of toner drawings and machine embroidery on layers of translucent silk organza. The smaller ones were framed: this one is called "Gathering Clouds."

And of course Nancy Crow was brillant with her color and composition in "Construction 77: Looking for a Reprieve."

posted by PaMdora at 9:58 PM

5 Comments:

Anonymous Jan said...

I'm happy you chose to share this show in your post today. I've taken three workshops with Ilze Aviks and am thrilled to see her recent work. Isn't it stunning!? So elegant. She's a wonderful person and a generous teacher. I'd highly recommend her workshops.

5:28 AM  
Blogger Deborah said...

Wow. That embroidery really shows the impact of the concept of great art from both far away and close-up. I think fiber has great potential here... tiny delicious details that you can only see if you are right next to the piece. Makes you want to sneak around to massage it. I don't know that you can get that depth of impact from photography or paint. (I must get out embroidery floss.)

5:35 AM  
Blogger Scrapmaker said...

This is wonderful, Ilze Aviks' work is amazing. Jen

6:53 AM  
Blogger Gerrie said...

I am always humbled by work like Ilze's. To think of the planning and work involved to get the very ethereal look of these pieces - it just boggles my pea brain!!

1:49 PM  
Blogger Terry said...

Ilze Aviks spoke at our guild about 2 months ago. At the time I had never heard of her, then she was in Fiberarts the next month and her name is turning up everywhere. Got to see lots of her pieces as well as slide show of other work. It was all just sensational. She said she believes everyone must discover their own personal "stitch". I think I want hers.

6:01 PM  

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