Locomotion
120 cm x 30 cm
Whilst researching images for an entirely different project, I happened upon a photograph of the lower part of a Japanese steam train. Running from one side of this image to the other was a strong white angular line that ‘demanded’ my attention. The strong geometric form of the wheels and iron bodywork also appealed.
The finished quilt is a wholecloth; the detail being created either using print (acrylics) and paint techniques (silk paint) or drawn (quilted) using a variety of makes and thicknesses of thread.
It was not my intention to produce a true or accurate representation of a steam train but rather to evoke the ‘feeling’ of one.
Exhibited as part of the 'Thin Blue Line' exhibition by Contemporary Quilt
For Sale - £350
2008