Colour has been my passion from an early age. The crystal clear blue skies of my home town of Buenos Aires, the colours of the flowers in our garden, were a constant source of pleasure and inspiration.
Working with fabric in one way or another since childhood, colour and line have inspired and motivated the creation of my quilted pieces. Line gives colour shape, pattern and rhythm, and helps organise my improvisational textile designs.
When I started making art quilts, colour was my first path. It was followed by meaningful themes (Shakespeare, music, nature, magic and science), and later by maps and aerial views, where line seemed to take priority over colour. Text was sometimes incorporated. The texture afforded by quilting became another important element in my work.
Photography has been another important influence. I studied and practiced photography in the 1970s. The photographic way of seeing still informs my work. Later on I was wowed by the challenge of using a computer-based digital darkroom, and experimented with translating those early designs, mostly figurative, into fabric.
Recently I rediscovered the primacy of colour in my work, and returned to experimenting with the now much advanced digital technology. My latest pieces are designed in my computer and iPad, printed on fabric, layered and machine quilted.
Recent world events has meant that although I still work with abstract colour designs, I use them to express my concerns about the climate emergency, and now about life in the time of coronavirus.
Working with fabric in one way or another since childhood, colour and line have inspired and motivated the creation of my quilted pieces. Line gives colour shape, pattern and rhythm, and helps organise my improvisational textile designs.
When I started making art quilts, colour was my first path. It was followed by meaningful themes (Shakespeare, music, nature, magic and science), and later by maps and aerial views, where line seemed to take priority over colour. Text was sometimes incorporated. The texture afforded by quilting became another important element in my work.
Photography has been another important influence. I studied and practiced photography in the 1970s. The photographic way of seeing still informs my work. Later on I was wowed by the challenge of using a computer-based digital darkroom, and experimented with translating those early designs, mostly figurative, into fabric.
Recently I rediscovered the primacy of colour in my work, and returned to experimenting with the now much advanced digital technology. My latest pieces are designed in my computer and iPad, printed on fabric, layered and machine quilted.
Recent world events has meant that although I still work with abstract colour designs, I use them to express my concerns about the climate emergency, and now about life in the time of coronavirus.