"New Dawn" by Carol Bryer Fallert 2000
Picture published with permission from the artist.
When I was a new to quilting my mother sent me an e-mail that featured Caryl Bryer Fallert's quilt "New Dawn". I had never seen anything like Caryl's work. Her use of vibrant color, mixtures of fabrics types, intricate quilting and hand dyed fabrics spoke to me on so many levels. I spent hours exploring her website. I knew that I had to learn more.
I had a chance to visit her Bryerpatch Studio in Paducah during the AQS show in 2009. She had many of her quilts on display. It was such a treat to see her work up close. Her newest work that year was a quilt called "On The Wings of a Dream". The quilting and workmanship on this piece is exquisite. I love the way she blends warm and cool colors in this quilt to add a sense of dimension. The images seem to be flying off the quilt.
I credit Caryl's work with giving me permission to explore my own creativity. I am pretty sure that she (and Ricky Tims) are responsible for spurring my love of fabric dyeing too.
Who inspires you? I encourage you to write a post about where you find your inspiration.
Have a wonderful weekend! Chris
P.S. Thank you Caryl for letting me share your work.
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7 comments:
That is absolutely magnificent. It would inspire artist, writer, poet alike. If you search hard enough there is inspiration in nature all around you, isn't there. Now that I write books, I am still obtaining some of my stimuli in this manner, for even when writing about a place it is dead without such natural details.
Doesn't Caryl inspire us all. I have admired her work for years.
Who wouldn't be inspired by that awesome art quilt. Radiant is the word that comes to mind.
Caryl was my first inspiration, too -- didn't we have an amazing role model??? Now I know why I love your fabrics so much -- and your work. We are kindred souls!
Diane
Hi, I just found your site...at this point I couldn't tell you how as I started out searching for some new dye techniques. Anyway, great blog and what a wonderful place to come for inspiration! This piece, in particular, is absolutely amazing!!
Thanks for sharing that. Caryl has been a great inspiration to so many quilters over the years.
Wunderschön
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