Abstract art quilts from IQF 2013

Hm, where to start? I have over 200 photos from the festival. I'm going to upload them by content. At least, that's my plan. We'll see if I follow through and get all 200 up here.

I'm starting with my favorite category, Abstract art quilts. These made me excited beyond explanation. Like when you see a piece of art in an museum that really affects you. This truly felt like being at a fine art  museum and I, personally, feel like any of these could easily be up in one.

I visited the Menil Collection before heading home and if felt not unlike being at the quilt festival, just seeing some more amazing art works.

The titles of each quilt will be a separate photo after the quilt and any detail shots that I've taken so I won't bother naming them or the maker in my post.

There was quite a bit of raw-edge applique and un-patterned free-motion quilting. Stuff I really like.

And also, interesting and unusual fabrics or materials, like tulle, above.

I really want to know if there was a specific way that this was made. It seems like a puzzle to be cracked. Not that I'd ever (or any time soon, at least) have the time and patience to make something this detailed and exact.

This was definitely high on my favorites list!

Subtle and deep.

I love, love, love the use of metallic fabric.

There was a surprising amount of bling in the show overall but this sort of thing is my favorite.

I couldn't get close enough to this one to get a good shot or any really good details. It's all digital and mixed media and stuff. I loved it in person but the photo just doesn't do it at all.

i was trying to show the metallic paper in the center.

I had to come back to this one a second time to really appreciate it. Surprisingly, I think it shows better in the photo than it did in real life. I think it needed to be seen in a stark, modern living room as a centerpiece all by itself rather than in this big show room with so much else going on around it.

Another one that I couldn't get very close to and was hard to appreciate fully in the atmosphere of the festival. But I love it.

I'm still not sure how I fell about this one. It's too formal for me but it's still beautiful.

I swear they were trying to keep me away from the awesome abstract art quilts, again, shot from far away and at an angle. Love the doodle-like style of it.

I think this is too bright, even though I lowered the exposure considerably in editing. It was such a deep set of blues with the black cracks in between that it seemed like it could just swallow you up.

When showing a picture of this one to some of my hostel-mates they insisted at first that it must be a sculpture of some sort and couldn't possibly be a quilt.

The metallic fabric is great but it's the scraps of dyed wool hanging off of it that really intrigue me.

Not the best presentation, imho.

My hostel-mates were also shocked to hear that people in Asia make quilts. I was breaking their preconceived notions up left and right!

Having lived in Northern California, this one really resonated with me. It was more powerful than the one that accurately depicted the Golden Gate Bridge, in my opinion.

I couldn't figure out what it was that drew me to it when I first saw this one but then the title clued me in.

 Power of Water - yep, that explains it.

Oh, I guess that's all for this post. I thought there were more. But I guess they're in different categories and will have to come later.