Last Monday, my friends/artists of NTAQ met at my condo for our August meeting. This time I had put forth the challenge of "Art Nouveau". Many, including myself, found this to be a bit of a tough challenge to depict! I had given a list of Art Nouveau artists to choose from (or they could go out on their own). I chose for my artist Mary Fraser Tytler Watts, a woman who, with her artist husband, worked in various styles...Art Nouveau, Celtic art, architecture, but what interested me about Mary was her activity as an early suffragette in England. I kind of strayed from the Art Nouveau theme and picked up on her Celtic designs instead. She was the architect and artist for her husband's family mortuary. I chose one of the columns which I found appealing.
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| The Columns I chose and some of the fabric I used to create my challenge. |
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| The portion of the column I emphasized |
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| I actually graphed out my design instead of just stitching improvisationally. |
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| It ended up larger than I usually do 30" x 42" |
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| To create the look of the vines, I am doing a lot of chain stitch by hand. (Not finished yet) |
At our meeting we all shared our challenges.
Wendy took her design from a stained glass window.
Kay liked the trees on a book cover and was also influenced by the color of a particular type of Aspen.
Heather was inspired by a rose in a stained glass window.
Bethany said hers was a bit generic, not influenced by anything in particular.
Andrea's was taken from the curlycue pattern seen in many Art Nouveau works.
A fun meeting as usual...after sharing all our stuff, we went to a new restarurant in the Shops of Clearfork which is very near me...so many new places to eat!!! We chose "Fix", a very nice lunch had by all. (And I want to apologize for my dreadful form on this blog. I am having trouble with making paragraphing and captions with pictures to work so bear with me! I also do not know why some of my lines are highlighted!! I need a good tutorial!!!)
