Chartreuse Village

Susan Murillo Helmer

45 x 15 inches

ARTIST STATEMENT

A posting on Facebook gave me the inspiration for the subject matter of my quilt. The photo of an Iranian village carved into a hillside captured my interest, and I thought the little houses could be shades of chartreuse. As I drew the village, I realized that it was just semiregular horizontal lines interspersed with verticals. The little squished shapes were just not that interesting. I decided to totally abstract the drawing by adding rectangles in areas that needed interest.  

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Materials: Silk crepe de chine, French silk dyes. 

Technique: Machine quilted. 

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