Quake!: Unexpected Patterns
An exhibition by members of the ArtCloth Network
An exhibition by members of the ArtCloth Network
This exhibition was juried by Miriam Nathan-Roberts in 2009
Juror's Statement
Unexpected Patterns: Quake! explores a variety of interpretations on cloth. This
theme was interpreted widely, but most entrants focused on an abrupt change of
some sort. The major differences in thought seemed to be the focus on either the
destructive nature of change or the transformative growth after change. Entrants
explored these concepts in a context of literal meaning, as in Seismic Waves or
Richter, as well as socially, politically, and metaphorically. Ingenuity was evident in
the ways participants improvised alterations to the cloth.
Visitors to the gallery have an opportunity to consider how individuals, all with the
starting point of white cloth and the word “Quake,” can develop a multiplicity of
concepts and images. The exhibit also highlights how the versatility and beauty of
cloth, combined with an infinite number of ways to alter it, has expressive power as
an artistic medium. Mastery of the medium and artistic vision shown in Katherine
Sylvan’s Before and After are exemplary of textile arts at their finest.
Click on the artist name under each photo to view the artist's website.
Juror's Statement
Unexpected Patterns: Quake! explores a variety of interpretations on cloth. This
theme was interpreted widely, but most entrants focused on an abrupt change of
some sort. The major differences in thought seemed to be the focus on either the
destructive nature of change or the transformative growth after change. Entrants
explored these concepts in a context of literal meaning, as in Seismic Waves or
Richter, as well as socially, politically, and metaphorically. Ingenuity was evident in
the ways participants improvised alterations to the cloth.
Visitors to the gallery have an opportunity to consider how individuals, all with the
starting point of white cloth and the word “Quake,” can develop a multiplicity of
concepts and images. The exhibit also highlights how the versatility and beauty of
cloth, combined with an infinite number of ways to alter it, has expressive power as
an artistic medium. Mastery of the medium and artistic vision shown in Katherine
Sylvan’s Before and After are exemplary of textile arts at their finest.
Click on the artist name under each photo to view the artist's website.
Upheaval, detail
Collision, detail
Untitled - Red, detail
Entering Consciousness, detail
Fractures 1, detail
Fractures 3, detail
Metamorphosis, detail
Moving Outside the Box, detail
Richter, detail
Spiral #2 - Tremor, detail
After Effects - Variation 1, detail
Golden Veins - Variation 2, detail
Before . . .
Wrenn Slocum
Wrenn Slocum
Before . . ., detail
Celtic Chaos
Bev Snow
Bev Snow
Celtic Chaos, detail
Before, detail
After, detail
Seismic Waves, detail
