Welcome

Squared Illusions 6
34 x 42"
© 2007

My passions include digital design on my Macintosh computers; quiltmaking and working with a variety of media such as pigment inks, paints, dyes, fabric, papers, and threads; and using my cameras (I'm a Nikon junkie).

I am co-founder of GloDerWorks, a full service Web company with offices in the US and UK. If you are considering a website, I invite you to look at the sites we've created to see if we can help you. We create customized content management systems to accompany each site we develop. This means you can update the content on your site as often as you want without having to know any HTML. It's very cool!

In addition to working as a full-time website graphic designer, I have authored or co-authored 14 books on quilting/computer and Internet-related topics, and my 15th book is coming out this fall! I also continue to write freelance, including the tech column for The Professional Quilter magazine which I've written since 1996. My focus is on the Internet, computer-related topics, inkjet printing on fabric, design, quiltmaking, and digital photography.

News

***Squared Illusions 6" has won the Master Award for Innovative Artistry** at the International Quilt Festival held in Houston, Texas! Read more about it here.

**" Blushing Triangles 3" has won the 2008 Best Wall quilt Award at the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, Kentucky. Here's a picture

*** My new book: ***
"Digital Essentials:
The Quilt Makers Must Have Guide to Files, Images, and More
is in the publisher's hands and scheduled for an early fall release!
More details will follow in the coming months/

My solo exhibit, "Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen"
at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is going on now !

The show opened April 1st and goes through June 8, 2008
The dates are April 1st through June 8, 2008.
The show is called "Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen.

More information about the show is here.

The write-up for the show is incredibly flattering ... it says,

"Advanced Geometry: Gloria Hansen is a selection of art quilts by a self-described computer nerd and one of the world’s foremost experts on computer-generated quilt design. Hansen’s gorgeously and intricately designed and executed art quilts definitely feel of-the-moment but also owe a debt of gratitude to the Op-Art of the 1960s. Hansen has mastered the use of bold geometry and concentric lines to achieve surprising beauty at the same time fooling your eye into seeing vibration, depth and motion."
– Deborah Corsini, Museum Curator

Current Show

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 AQS Museum
April 23-26, 2008
Paducah, Kentucky

Recent Shows

Quilter's Heritage Celebration - Won 1st place wallhanging division
March 27-30, 2008
Lancaster, PA

The Quilt Fest of New Jersey IV – Won 2nd Place
February 28 - March 2, 2008
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XIX - Won Best Use of Color
Williamsburg area, Virginia
February 21 - 24, 2008

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.

Thanks for visiting, and please return!