Category: Project Background
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What Works and What Doesn’t (Mostly What Doesn’t)
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When I started working in earnest on this project, I started with the images. With over 45,000 images on my hard drive, there’s a lot to sort through. I have my favorites – the images that I come back to again and again when I need a background for a…
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And All of This Leads Up To…
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I was having a conversation with someone about photography earlier this year, and it came out that I don’t really put myself in the category of “artist.” At the time, I was thinking more about my submissions to an art show co-sponsored by the photography club I’m in. In 2023,…
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Crater Lake
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The second quilt I attempted at the same time as the national parks quilt, in late 2022/early 2023, was born out of a need for some sort of artwork to go above my fireplace in my living room. I don’t ever go out and buy artwork. I have 45,000+ pictures…
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The National Parks Quilt
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I attempted picture quilts #2 and #3 at about the same time. The second one I started was the first one I finished, and vice versa. The national park quilt started with a panel map of the United States with all of the national parks on it, along with miniature…
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Acadia National Park – Sand Beach
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In the fall of 2014, I took a class with Karen Eckmeier on her Accidental Landscapes method. This was the first time I had an idea that I wanted to turn one of my photographs into a quilt. I had a picture of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park that…
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Grandma’s Quilt
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In late 2014, my aunt was planning to have surgery early the next year. Because Grandma lived with my aunt and uncle, Grandma was going to have to spend a few weeks in a nursing home while my aunt recovered. At 98, Grandma was still pretty spry, and she was…
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Background on the Current Project
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I’ve been interested in photography for a long time. I took art photography classes in high school and learned to develop my own black and white film (dating myself a bit, here!) and use darkroom techniques to get the images I wanted. When I joined the Peace Corps in 1998,…