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Margreta K. Silverstone - Margreta Made It - Wearable and Usable Art
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Margreta Made It - Wearable and Usable Art. I have been creating wearable and usable art for a number of years now. Generally, I have sold these items locally. If it involved fabric, I may have tried it! This year, I have just opened my Etsy shop for bags and purses, clutches, totes and fiber covers for journals and composition book covers. Please visit my Etsy shop, MargretaMadeIt. I enjoy making custom purses and bags. Small bags, such as clutches.
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Gallery - African Inspired
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Gallery - African Inspired. Over the past few years, I have been engaged in learning more about African and African American life and culture. Out of print). Quilt named after a friend who I think is trying to live his life this way. 30.75 x 37 Machine pieced, machine appliqued, machine quilted. This quilt was displayed at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival (Hampton, VA) in February 2007. Quilt in private collection. Years ago, I swapped some fabric of mine for a grea...
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Gallery - Round Robin and Collaborative Works
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Gallery - Round Robin and Collaborative Works. I enjoy collaborating on quilts, whether through block exchanges or round robin quilts. Passing It On: I Remember Mama. Friendship is a Gift. Size: 60 x 60 Hand appliqued, machine pieced, machine quilted. My mother and I exchanged a number of five inch squares of fabric and shared a large set of English paper pieces in the shape of a coffin. We then created our own quilts. This one is my rendition.
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Gallery - Other Works
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Gallery - Other Works. What can I say? These are the ones that aren't a series but I love them and want you to see them. Taste and See: Jacobean Dream. I had my source. Rather than try to recreate the whole image, I chose to focus. This quilt was the result of a day with Judy Lundberg. Or a different city or a fictitious town. Instead of depicting the manholes that don't stay put in Georgetown, Washington, DC, Margreta designed a manhole depicting her hometown,...
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Statement
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Artist Statement and Other Info. I want my art to bring the holy to the world. I want my wearable art garments to give dignity to the wearer. I want my work to be a source of healing the spirit. A little on my history can be found in my biography. Some reflections on the influences in my life and an assortment of links. You can read more of my current thoughts on my art and work in progress on my blog.
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Design Process - Computer Assisted
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Design Process - Computer Assisted. When I work with clients, I like to be able to offer them a few design options and then modify and narrow down the options. My initial attempts at designs were done on graph paper and color pencils. A few years ago, I began to use CorelDRAW. To make the designs. It was very easy to make the following two options:. I used to have QuiltPro.
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Margreta Made It - Garments
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Margreta Made It - Wearable Art Garments. More pieces will be added here but here is one of the most elaborate pieces Margreta's made. The jacket was for Deborah Sokolove. Detail of the fan on the back with silk ribbon and assorted trim. Detail of Jacket front (ultrasuede and silk ribbon). Detail of Jacket pocket. Detail of pleating on shoulder and beadwork.
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Influences
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. How does one describe influences on your own work? I grew up in Washington state and did a lot of hiking and photography. Does my sense of color come from those formative years? Does my love for the simple come from the year I spent in Japan where I taught English and practiced shuji? Does my current sense of patterning come from more than 8 years of working in the computer industry? Where and how does my faith influence my work? And Carol Bryer Fallert. My sense o...
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Gallery - Recent Works
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Gallery - Recent Works. A selection of recent quilts. 11 feet wide by 2 1/2 feet tall. 2007. Work made for Riderwood Retirement Community. Art is meant for display during Chanukah and Advent. Fibers used include commercial cotton fabrics, hand dyed cotton fabrics, cotton woven Guatemalan fabrics, organza, hand painted organza, tulle. Parts of the work have been hand painted with oil sticks or Jacquard Lumiere paints (see a detail image. With my friends, we cut up a...
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Gallery
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Margreta K. Silverstone - Fiber Artist. Of course, the core of an artist's work would appear in the Gallery section. I've tried to organize these in ways that make sense and identify some of the core areas that I seem to keep revisiting in my work. A selection of recent quilts. See more. A number of my quilts are inspired by my life in Japan. See more. Over the past few years, I have been engaged in learning more about African and African American life and culture. See more. What can I say?
