Since audio is a great part of my profession, I really like this theme. At first glimpse it looked so easy, but as I started to work it became quite a challenge. To analyze "the sound of silence" as a professional, both sound and silence are not visual, we don't see them, we hear them. So how to visualize? If you go into a "dead room", where no sound exist at all, you start to hear your own heartbeat, and the rush of blood in your veins. I didn't want to make a dead room as a background, and using word - what language to choose? But music-notation is the same all over the world, so I chose the sign for the musician to take a general rest, (in french they call it silence), and put it as a background. I chose grey on a white background, because I wanted something neutral. On this I appliqued the sound-wave of the heartbeat in read in raw edge applique, to represent the blood. The echo-quilting represent this "sound" as it bounces around in the body, fading from red towards pink and grey.
Greta, I wondered how you would interpret this idea, given your expertise. The contour quilting and the restricted palette work well together, and the musical stave is a rewarding central figure.
ReplyDeleteGreta, such an unusual idea, I like the simple clean lines. It all works together to create a strong image.
ReplyDeleteI find your piece particularly intriguing - due to your choice of colour and imagery, and also probably because I too thought about how to work the sound of sound (music/noise) into my piece but aborted this idea). You did well!
ReplyDeleteI once had the opportunity to go into a dead room. It is amazing how much you hear in such a silence. I love your idea and the simple lines of your quilt. Sabine
ReplyDeleteA clever and interesting idea Greta, and, as usual, beautifully made.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI really like the story that you are telling with this piece. You have managed to present visually a very abstract idea and make an interesting image. Well done.
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