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Ardis B. James Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey and New York quilt collector Jack Walsh discuss Water FEATURED an exhibition of commissioned quilts in his collection by well-known quilters now on exhibition at the International Quilt Museum. Water FEATURED includes pieces commissioned by Walsh to celebrate his love of water, inspired by his career in water utilities and the proximity of Lake Michigan in his childhood and later, by the waterfalls of Watkins Glen, New York. Walsh requested that the artists use the water theme, but otherwise gives no guidance, encouraging the artists to work freely in their own artistic style. The resulting work encompasses many of the trends developed in quilting in the last decades: threadwork, hand-dyeing, digital printing, machine quilting and embellishment.
Ardis B. James Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey and New York quilt collector Jack Walsh discuss Water FEATURED an exhibition of commissioned quilts in his collection by well-known quilters now on exhibition at the International Quilt Museum. Water FEATURED includes pieces commissioned by Walsh to celebrate his love of water, inspired by his career in water utilities and the proximity of Lake Michigan in his childhood and later, by the waterfalls of Watkins Glen, New York. Walsh requested that the artists use the water theme, but otherwise gives no guidance, encouraging the artists to work freely in their own artistic style. The resulting work encompasses many of the trends developed in quilting in the last decades: threadwork, hand-dyeing, digital printing, machine quilting and embellishment.
