Fine Lines

The thin pieced lines that fracture my quilts represent the fragile bonds that keep our physical and social world together; how much longer can they hold? Many of the quilts are named for things we cannot control or things we have allowed to get out of control: infrastructure, environment, our democracy and social contract. Some are titled “Fault Lines,” after the shifting of unstable earth; some are titled “Crazed,” after the pattern seen in the deteriorating glaze of old china (and the apparent mindset of the people in charge).

My quilts aren’t all square, but website thumbnails are! Click on the photos to see what the whole quilt looks like.

Crazed 8: Incarceration

82 x 79

Exhibited:
Color Improvisations I, invitational exhibit curated by Nancy Crow, Haus der Kunst, Stuttgart and touring throughout Europe

Quilts 20/20, Susquehanna Art Museum, Susquehanna PA

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Exhibited:
Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY, first prize

Crazed 16: Suburban Dream

contemporary fiber art by Kathleen Loomis

Exhibited:
Innovations in Fiber Art VI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA, sponsored by Surface Design Association, best in show
22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Krempp Gallery, Jasper IN, best in show
Masterworks: Abstract & Geometric, Studio Art Quilt Associates global exhibition, touring in US, Japan, China, Germany

55 x 81

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Entropy

fiber art by Kathleen Loomis

Exhibited:
Quilt National ’15, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens OH, and touring throughout US, Heartland Award
Pictured in Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation

71 x 85

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