Celebration by Irene Roderick
Celebration Irene Roderick 61 x 73 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT “Celebration” was made during the Inauguration of 2021. After such a long period of isolation, coping with the constant anxiety of the election [...]
Celebration Irene Roderick 61 x 73 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT “Celebration” was made during the Inauguration of 2021. After such a long period of isolation, coping with the constant anxiety of the election [...]
Big Blue Irene Roderick 70 x 83 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT I made “Big Blue” after “Ninja” and had some Marcia Derse fabric left over as well as some old indigo fabrics I [...]
Ninja Irene Roderick 60 x 77 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT “Ninja” began as a challenge to combine my way of making skinny line curves with the curved lines Jenny Haynes teaches. I took [...]
Royalty Irene Roderick 71 x 83 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT In the making of “Royalty,” I was determined to use only fabric I had on hand and my own hand-dyed fabrics. Even though I [...]
Celebration of Indigo Irene Roderick 57 x 77 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT In the making of “Celebration of Indigo,” I was determined to use only fabric I had on hand and my own [...]
Best Friends Irene Roderick 61 x 86 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT “Best Friends” was the first Guardian quilt I made. I was determined to use only the fabric I had on hand and [...]
Black Spring Irene Roderick 68 x 76 inches 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT In Spring 2021, Austin suffered a devastating 5-day hard freeze. Luckily, I didn’t lose power or water, but most of the area [...]
Dreamer Bonita Johnston San Diego, California 2022 ARTIST STATEMENT I crocheted her eyes first. They had that glazed look of a daydreamer and reminded me of myself as a child when a daydream [...]
Music Maker Bonita Johnston San Diego, California 2023 ARTIST STATEMENT "Music Maker" is my latest piece. I was exploring lacemaking as I worked with pink yarn, it spoke to me of hair, and [...]
Auntie Jean Bonita Johnston San Diego, California 2021 ARTIST STATEMENT "Auntie Jean" was my first expressive crochet portrait and started me on this journey of figurative painting with yarn. When completed, I saw [...]