The creation of this piece was initiated by Jennifer Bond Schildknecht from MamaInTheMoon. She began an initiative for local artists to create patches for two giant Georgia Theater quilts. Upon completion, the quilts will be auctioned off and proceeds will be donated towards rebuilding the Theater. Here's more from the Georgia Theater site:Jennifer, aka Moon Mama, describes the art quilt as "non-traditional" wall-hanging; in other words "this ain't your granny's quilt!". Each block will be a work of art in and of itself, no sewing required; in fact, no fabric is required. Shown below are some sample blocks made by Jennifer, which include canvas, fabrics, hand-dyeing, yarns, embroidery floss, glue, ink, paint, rubber-stamping, cardboard, markers, charms, fiberfill, hand-stitching and machine-stitching.
"I would love to see at least 2 similar, if not identical blocks from each contributor, so that two quilts can be made---one to auction and one to give as a gift to the Georgia Theatre. I would love for the Theatre to have that outpouring of love displayed right there in the new building". There is no limit to the number of blocks one can contribute. "If there are enough blocks, I would be thrilled to make yet another quilt, so that we could auction one locally AND one globally (perhaps on ebay.com), as well as donating one to the Theatre itself", Jennifer explains.
The actual donation of the blocks will be commemorated as well. Jennifer's husband is Athens photographer Timothy Schildknecht, of Visual Artistry and Magic and the Fringe Collective. He plans to be on hand whenever blocks are handed over to Jennifer, keeping a photographic record of the entire undertaking. "We're open to making each donation from artist, band or business into an 'event'. Businesses should feel free to present their ideas for collaborating to us to make this even more of a community effort" say the Schildknechts.
I'm super excited for how this piece came out and will, hopefully, have prints ready soon so stay tuned...
