Last June I was working on this Green Barn, based on a real barn in my town. I hadn't sewn a lot of these pieces together, but when my pal
Julie Sefton asked if she could borrow this panel and another for a class is teaching in April, I figured I better get going.
I couldn't find all the green pieces (because, you know, I was cleaning the studio...) so I did the best I could.
This is the inspiration barn, and as you can see it has two levels, with a ramp up to the big door. This picture was taken in winter (duh). So OK, how do I convey that so it makes sense to the viewer? I'm also not sure I want to make a 3-D barn, although that might make more sense
Because this isn't doing anything for me.
5 comments:
Love this barn and the picture was an inspiration. What you make that is pleasing to you is the green barn for your quilt or Julie's class or whatever. I don't see it as an art quilt with every shadow and concept the same, I see it as your idea of that barn picture.
Once the trees? and sky come in, it will start to be real, Maybe slant the front ramp? And the green, what a great fabric for the barn,I had always thought of barns as a terracotta red/brown colour. This is so different and really stands out.
That's looking pretty darned good so far!
xx, Carol
Love the barn- the fabric one and the wood one. I always dreamed of living in a barn, or a studio in a barn. Gorgeous job.
I think you need to add the window to the lower side of the ramp to help with the illusion of the ramp.
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