Duet – a new art quilt – 2022.03.31

I haven’t posted for almost 3 weeks, but that’s because I have been busy designing and creating a new art quilt.

At the beginning of March, I decided to enter the Sacred Threads / Broadway Gallery exhibit – Harmony. I had an idea that combined the concept of musical harmony with color harmonies.

I have been a visual artist for many years. However, I had very little exposure to the art of music, until my musically talented sister Harmonious Joan introduced me to the ukulele.

I decided to go for the 24″ x 24″ size option. I took a photo of my ukulele then printed two full-size images and pinned them on my design wall.

My initial fabric pull was more representative of cacophony than harmony, so I removed the very busy print from the mix.

Color harmonies are part of color theory – established color compositions interact with each other based on their relative positions on the color wheel. I used analogous, complementary and monochromatic harmonies in my composition.

The ukuleles, in chartreuse fabrics, are an example of an analogous harmony. They are bordered with red-violet, the complement of chartreuse, to create a high-contrast vibrant effect. 

Musical symbols dance subtly across the dark violet monochromatic background.

I called it ‘Duet’ which relates to the two ukuleles, as well as the concept of harmony in both music and color.

P.S. I got nothing new done on the Decluttering front this month. But I did manage to keep my work area fairly organized throughout this project.

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I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.

• Quilt Fabrication Midweek Makers
• Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday