Just two examples …
Susan Schmitt Fine Art - Quilted Women
‘… I believe you must paint what you know, and therefore I wanted to make more a contemporary presentation. I love color and pattern, and because I have quilted a little bit, I am always happy to cut patterns up and reassemble them. I do it with my paintings all the time, always thinking the reassembly is exactly like making a quilt. The quilts from my family are assemblages that represent the women who made them. They have bits of older dresses, or beautifully embroidered squares incorporated into them. They were made with care and love of fabric and are a pleasure to hold. I just can't imagine how anyone could not feel the love and connection to the quilter when presented with one of these beautiful treasures …’ Susan Schmitt, 2021
You can also find Susan Schmitt Art on Facebook and on Instagram.
The Dignity Sculpture, South Dakota
The iconic Dignity of Earth and Sky sculpture and its maker Dale Lamphere is featured in the current issue of Quiltfolk magazine, focussed on South Dakota. A preview is on the website, and on the Quiltfolk Facebook page (16 November 2022), and on Instagram (16 November 2022), with a number of photos:
Sculptor Dale Lamphere isn’t a quilter, but he’s made one of the country’s most visible quilts. Composed of 128 stainless steel diamonds, the traditional Lakota Star quilt unfurls from the back of a 50-foot-high, 12-ton sculpture of a Native American woman outside of Chamberlain. Read about how Dale constructed one of South Dakota’s most famous landmarks, Dignity of Earth and Sky, with the help of engineers, auto experts, and yes, quilters in Quiltfolk, Issue 24: South Dakota.
A short video of Dignity lit up at night can be seen on You Tube here.
A Google search on ‘Dignity sculpture’ will find many more images of this beautiful work.
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