Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Jokulsarlon

My first thought when I red WILD was Tiger. My next idea was the Scandinavien equivalent, lynx. But I changed my mind, and wanted to go more abstract. So I decided to revisit a theme I have played with before. In Iceland, there is a lake  filled with floating mini-icebergs from the nearby glacier. It is called Jokulsarlon, which means "glacial river lagoon". The lines, colour and texture are really fascinating. I painted some fabric in this wonderful green-blue kind of colour of the glacier, cut it up and pieced it together again, and layered it with a polyester kind of fiber, usually used in scrapboking, some of which were manipulated with heat.
I quilted it all with parallell lines and framed it with a simple black binding.



 And some close ups: 




7 comments:

  1. Beautiful abstract imagery Greta. Your technique is wonderful.

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  2. Greta, you have achieved the perfect glacier blue in your dyeing. There is such a lot of depth there, and the quilting lines are the ideal partner for the abstract shapes.

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  3. I'm mad about this colour! Lovely work Greta. The texture is very interesting.

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  4. Beautiful colours and textures. I love the "scrapbook" fibre you used. It adds wonderful lines to the piece

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  5. When first seeing this quilt I immediately know that it was Greta´s.
    Your very simplified style gives your quilts strengths and interest.
    The quilting is very well suited for your piece as are the added textures.

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  6. Fabulous colour - captures the imagery of ice, water and cold perfectly. this is one of my favourites. Wonderful inspiration!

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  7. The colour is perfect for ice and water. The triangles are good abstractions of the iceberge. Looking at the detail pictures Iwant to see this piece in reality.

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