Nancy Bryant
Field of Camas: Honoring the Restoration of an Indigenous Food Source
31.5” x 31.5”
Techniques: Machine quilting, fusing, hand embroidery, hand stitching.
Materials: Cotton fabrics, embroidery floss, tulle, dissolvable film, artificial stamen.
Artist Statement:
Native Americans, the Siletz and the Kalaypuans, have dug Camas (Camassia) bulbs for a traditional food source for generations in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Much of their ancestral lands were taken from them by the US government. Now some of their lands are being restored and Camas bulbs have been planted to reestablish this native plant. My goal was to honor the restoration of the Camas plant, depicted in various stages of bud and blossom.
Sliced Beets
33.5" x 38"
Techniques: Hand dyed fabric with Procion MX dyes. Beet images printed from sliced beets. Machine pieced, machine quilted.
Materials: Cotton fabrics, acrylic paint used to print beets. Variegated threads used for quilting.
Photographer: Jon Meyers
Sliced Beets - Detail
Ode to the Ancient Forest
43” x 31”
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Cascade
49" X 39"
Techniques: Shibori pole wrapped and discharged with discharge paste. Machine pieced, machine quilted.
Materials: Cotton fabrics, 3 turquoise stone discs, specialty yarns
Photographer: Jon Meyers
Cascade - Detail
Fault Lines
39.5" X W 34.5"
Techniques: Arashi shibori pole wrapped and discharged using discharge paste. Machine pieced, machine quilted.
Materials: Cotton fabrics
Photographer: Jon Meyers
Fault Lines - Detail
Lava Flow: Waiting for the Big One
36” x 24”
Techniques: Cartoon drawing, curved piecing, machine quilting
Materials: Hand dyed commercial cotton fabrics, "lava flow" cotton fabric hand dyed by the artist
Artist Statement:
The eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 reminded us that we in Oregon live within the Cascadia Volcanic Arc. Knowing that another volcanic eruption, the Big One, is predicted puts those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest "on the edge" emotionally as well as physically.
Photographer: LuAnn Kessi
Lava Flow: Waiting for the Big One - Detail
Reflections: View from the Bridge
43” x 32”
Techniques: machine pieces, machine quilted
Materials: cotton fabrics, hand dyed with Procion MX dyes
Artist Statement:
Inspiration for this piece was derived from the artist's hand dyed fabrics. The wave-like visual texture of the fabrics reminded the artist of rippling water as well as the reflections of light and shadow seen from the perspective of a bridge. Wind across the water creates ripples while the light from the sun creates color change. The resulting work is an abstract depiction of the interplay of natural elements.
Reflections: View from the Bridge - Detail
Dream Weaver
Artist Collaboration: Nancy Bryant and Cheryl Jordan
42” x 50.5”
Techniques: Machine pieced and machine quilted with variegated thread
Materials: Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, focus fabrics are ice-dyed cotton by the artists.
Artist Statement:
Gary Wright's song lyrics "Dream Weaver," I believe we can reach the morning light": inspired our creation of this quilt. It aptly expresses the ethereal, dream imagery in the ice dyed focus fabrics and the woven texture produced by the quilting.
Photographer: Jon Christopher Meyers Photography
Dream Weaver - Detail
Local Color #1
39.5” x28.75”
Techniques: Printed imagery, machine pieced, machine quilted
Materials: Hand printed and commercial cotton fabrics, acrylic paint
Artist Statement:
Sword fern fronds and Nandina leaves collected from my garden were used to create the imagery. Additionally a paper mask was cut out for the imagery of the bird and branches. Printed bubble wrap provided a contrast in scale, form and movement.
Photographer: LuAnn Kessi
Local Color #1 - Detail