A VERY STINGY TOOTH FAIRY, 2006 , 29"x31.5". I recently
broke two front teeth! This tooth fairy only left a
nickel for them....that leaves several thousand dollars
to go before they are fixed! I had these perfect dental
mirrors in my doodad stash sent to me by a cyber friend
who was also a dental tech. They made the
quintessential corona for a tooth fairy!
Best Of Show Lower Town Quilt Walk, Paducah 2007 $1100.00 USD
Artist: Pamela Allen
I met Pamela Allen on an online email list several years ago. She
started
out making collages out of fabric and t
his past year, she has
been adding intricate quilting motifs that she free hand quilts.
She has been doing this on a lower model Kenmore and has just
found out that she is the recipient of a new machine from Janome
of Canada. Pamela lives in Kingston, Ontario with her husband
who is also an artist.
Pamela gave me this message to you - " I
favour a rather informal style where the image is developed as a
sort of "stream of consciousness". By that I mean each element
grows from what has taken place previously. This attitude works
well with my drawing-with-scissors technique, which allows me to
put down background, primary shapes with prints and recycled
fabrics, and then develop the narrative by additions
and
reductions depending on how the composition is developing. I
have a largish collection of books on folk art, outsider art,
and non European art which inspire me. I can relate to the kind
of art that is spontaneous and unselfconscious. It’s as if the
idea goes directly from the heart to the hand, bypassing the
brain and it’s preconceived ideas. Emulating this philosophy
allows me to keep an open mind right to the very completion of
each project I look for the personal element in art, where the
artist seems to have direct knowledge or experience with her
subject matter. When I am working, I have to have a personal
stake in it to maintain my interest."
I (Diane) traveled to Southern California about a year ago to stay with Janis (Janome 6500 list moderator) and we went to Pamela's talk to the Glendale Quilt Guild and to her workshop. It was wonderfully liberating to use her style of extemporaneous construction.
Pamela Allen
http://pamelart2.