I think a lot of people think drawing or painting or sewing a face is very daunting because it is all about making it look like a real person. Nawww—that's what photography is for. To me it is about how you abstract the idea of a face to create personality. A face can be expressed in just a few simple lines or in great detail. Quilting a face is tricky. There is the danger of making the face look wrinkled and aged when not intended. I deal with that by doing minimal quilting on faces. I love examining all the vastly different ways artists portray faces. Aren't they fascinating? They say the human face is the most compelling image there is. I find a lot of great faces in Latin American art.
A painting by Ecuadorean artist, Cristobal Gonzalez Guzman
Another Ecuadorean, Eduardo Kingman
Pre-columbian, Mexico
Print of Che Guevara from photo by Alberto Korda
Seen on the street in Taxco, Mexico
I am thinking about faces I want to make.
I love your face quilts. They are awesome. Rhonda M.
ReplyDeleteMost of all, I love the button angel. This expression is extraordinary.
ReplyDeleteI want to know more about how you capture the face on a quilt piece.
ReplyDeleteGreat faces, Terry. Yours are unique and I might recognize one as yours even if I didn't know who made it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome task, creating faces. I would never attempt such a thing. Thanks for the blog and the fascinating photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these...just wonderful and inspiring. As you know from my blog...I'm a big "face" person too...the never ending and never boring set of funny sad curious beautiful mysterious faces of the world (and our imaginations!). Enjoyed!!
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