Rolina Project Exhibition Feb 11-21, 2017

As a Quilter we see patterns in everything doors, buildings, floor tiles and in my case, I even recall pausing the TV, while watching Game Of Thrones, to take a picture of the stain glass star window in the grand hall! So why not a painting or photograph? 

Last year twenty quilters attended classes at Material Obsession, Drummoyne and My Sewing Supplies, Kirrawee for 10 months doing a course entitled  “Abstraction - Colour and Design in Art Quilts” using a text by Rolina van Vliet, “Painting Abstracts”, edited by Search Press, for their inspiration.

Their final works are 1x1 metre abstract quilts, based on a painting from the book. These 20 quilts will be exhibited at Hazelhurst in February 2017. As well, there will be 9 quilts from Robyn Eves’ group of “ Whispers II”, where an original photograph inspires the first quilter and subsequent quilters take their inspiration from the previous quilter. At the end, it is interesting to see where the process has journeyed.

Broadhurst Gallery

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre

782 Kingsway Gymea.

February 11-21, 2017

Hope to see as many quilters as possible support fellow quilters and, perhaps, stop for coffee or lunch in the excellent cafe on site.

Rolina van Vliet has kindly allowed her images to be used.  The quilt shown is taken from one of the images in the book.

Chantal Walker & Bob James