ART PRIZE 2011 DESCRIPTION:  Venue to be announced

Gloria Kirk-Hanna uses no larger then 1/4 inch hand cut batik cottons, hand dyed rovings, yarns, and various other hand dyed fibers then stitches them together using heavy cotton thread. "In my work I try not to conform to the rules of weaving or quilting allowing me to push the medium to exciting new levels." Gloria states. The end results are fine art pieces, organic in nature, that play with shadow and light. 

Gloria has been working on a series exploring the four elements, and will display her interpretation of AIR at 2011 Art Prize. The 4.5 foot by 6 foot single piece will explore how air moves, shapes the world around us, and comforts us.

Have you ever seen a tree light up from the inside out with burning fall colors?  Watched the branches drop snow from a recent winter storm?  Gasp as the tender buds weather a spring frost?  Sat beneath the shade to cool off during the summer?

Imagine the trunk and limbs of a tree made from hand cut fibers quilted together to form a lacy wall.  Now picture four panels that depicts the seasonal changes that transform a deciduous tree.  These panels will hang in front of the tree.

To create the panels hand dyed batik fabrics, and silk fabrics,  would be cut into various width strips then laid on top of a water soluble grid foundation.   The seasonal panels would be made from  homespun alpaca yarns,  home spun wool yarns, lace, hand cut fabric, ribbon, with cotton threads used to stitch all the fibers together much like the scarves listed on: http://www.gloriakirk.etsy.com