Caverna Magica at SeaTac airport |
There are two areas in the airport with our displays. The first is in a hallway leading from ticketing near the Southwest Airlines ticket counter to security and entrance to the gates. This section has the large cases pictured here. Each piece in this exhibit has an accompanying "educational display" which teaches something about either how the piece was made, inspiration, or materials.
The educational display for Caverna Magica reads as follows:
Caverna Magica Educational Display |
Starting with a piece of 100% white cotton fabric, I poured
several colors liquid Pro MX dyes onto the piece, which lay with numerous
ridges and folds on a flat surface.
These folds created the interesting patterns which are reminiscent of
stalactites (photo 2). Much of the
white fabric was still showing through, and I wanted to create more crystalline
structures within the piece. This was
done with a second dye bath, using a snow-dyeing method.
Close-up of some of the machine quilting on Caverna Magica |
Snow-dyeing is basically like making a snow-cone… you
crumble your fabric up in a container, pack snow on top of it, and then pour
several colors of dyes over the snow. As
the dye trickles down through the snow, it hits the fabric and slowly starts
the color transformation as the temperature rises. Due to the unusual nature of this process,
the results are one-of-a-kind and typically form beautiful crystal-like
patterning in the color. After 24 hours
and the snow completely melting, you can wash out the excess dye. The colors were intensified and additional
details representing the rocky caverns came out through this additional dye
process.
The final layer of this piece was to add more detail through
densely quilting the fabric. I do my
quilting on my Bernina 730 home machine, free-hand guiding the fabric in the
directions I want to go. With this
piece, I wanted to emphasize the feeling of stalactites and stalagmites with
the stitching lines. I continued using a
wide array of colors of thread, to match the feeling of the wonderful lights
shining on these incredible natural structures.
Part of the Contemporary QuiltArt Assocition's Journeys show at SeaTac |
It's always exciting to see your work on display. Since I had to pick my husband up at the airport this week, I finally got to see my piece now included in the exhibit. If you'd like to see some additional shots of this show, see my post "Designing for a Theme."
Part of the Contemporary QuiltArt Assocition's Journeys show at SeaTac |
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