Fossil Fueled

2010

25.5" X 32"

My son's childhood fossil collection became the inspiration for this fused applique' quilt. Begun in a workshop entitled "Quilt Like Leonardo Da Vinci" with the ever creative Barbara Olson in which we were asked to make detailed still - life compositions from natural objects, the quilt evolved from photographs and pencil sketches of fossils of sea-life from the Permian and pre-Cambrian periods.

Hand dyes, batiks and printed cottons were used along with metallic copper braid, glass beads and textile paints for the final illusion.

Finalist, "Quilts: A World of Beauty", International Quilt Festival, Houston, October 2010