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"Digital Essentials: The Quilt Makers Must Have Guide to Images, Files, and More
Download a free PDF chapter "Image Protection, Can it Be Done?" and Table of Contents, read reviews, & more!
"Working with this book is like having a kindly expert sitting right beside you, guiding you through the digital maze." — Editors Pick in Quilting Arts Mazagine
"Whether you want to use your images to simply print, print on fabric, combine images, prepare a Power Point presentation, upload you quilt photos to a website or create image sizes which conform to the requirements for quilt show entries, Digital Essentials has the answer." — Machine Quilting Unlimited
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In What's New Review, learn about Book & Art: Handcrafting Artists' Books a fantastic new book by Simpson Krause.
Of Interest:
- My solo exhibit, "Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen" at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles has concluded. The show, called "Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen," opened April 1st and went through June 8, 2008 The write-up for the show is incredibly flattering ... in part it says,
"Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen is a selection of art quilts by one of the world’s foremost experts on computer-generated quilt design."– Deborah Corsini, Museum Curator
- **" Blushing Triangles 3" has won the 2008 Best Wall quilt Award at the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, Kentucky. This is a purchase award and now part of the permanent collection of The National Quilt Museum. Here's a picture
- Squared Illusions 6" has won the Master Award for Innovative Artistry** at the 2007 International Quilt Festival held in Houston, Texas! Read more about it here.
- I was selected as New Jersey's featured Artist of the Month for the month of August 2007 by the NJ State Council on the Arts/ ArtPride NJ.
Here's my exhibit page.
Upcoming Exhibitions and Shows:
- Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center,
November 1 - January 10, 2010 - Blushing Triangles 4 won Best Machine Quilting
- Transformations 09: Reflections - SAQA traveling exhibit
Witley Decay 1 displayed (see it on the exhibition catalog cover here) premiere: Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK Guilford Art Center in Guilford, Connecticut: November 13 – January 3, 2010; Alaska Fiber Festival: March 5-14, 2010; Grants Pass Museum, Grants Pass, Oregon: June-July 2010; Visions Gallery, San Diego, California: August 6 – October 10, 2010
- International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas - October 15-18, 2009 — "Witley Decay 2" won an honorable mention and "Circles Collide" won third, both in the digital imagery category.
- Sewing & Quilt Expo, Squared Illusions 5 will be part of a traveling exhibit — dates and locations to be announced.
Recent Exhibitions and Shows:
Latimer Quilt & Textile Center, Tilllmook, Oregon exhibiting as part of the Fiber Revolution group - May 4 — July 5th American Quilter's Society show, April 2009, - "Blushing Triangles 4" won 1st in the small machine wallhanging division Paducah, Kentucky. You can see a photo of it here.
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival - "Blushing Triangles 4" Won Best Wall Quilt Virginia
NJ Quilt Fest - "Witley Decay" Won 2nd place New Jersey
January 31st - March 31, 2009 Academy of Music on Main Street Spotswood, NJ
Selections from 2008:
November 1st - November 30, 2008 Focus on Fiber, The Hidden Gallery, Old Lyme, Conn.
October 30th - November 2, 2008 International Quilt Festival: A World of Beauty Houston, Texas Blushing Triangles 4 won 1st place in the Digital Imagery category August 15 - September 13, 2008 Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts Millville, New Jersey
24th Annual American Quilter's Society Show - Won Best Wall Quilt - this is a purchase award and the quilt is now part of the permanent collection of The National Quilting Museum of the United States (Blushing Triangles 3) April 23-26, 2008 Paducah, Kentucky Quilter's Heritage Celebration - Won 1st place wallhanging division (Blushing Triangles 3) March 27-30, 2008 Lancaster, PA The Quilt Fest of New Jersey IV – Won 2nd Place (Blusihing Triangles 3) February 28 - March 2, 2008 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XIX - Won Best Use of Color (Squared Illusions 6) Williamsburg area, Virginia February 21-24, 2008
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