{"id":8077,"date":"2024-04-27T19:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T02:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:08:36","slug":"doors-or-gateways-2024-04-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2024\/04\/27\/doors-or-gateways-2024-04-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Doors or Gateways &#8211; 2024.04.27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next Fibre Art Network exhibit is called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibreartnetwork.com\/exhibit\/doors-or-gateways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doors or Gateways<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizers provided these prompts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have you ever been inspired by a&nbsp;door?&nbsp; How old is your door, what history has it seen, what is behind your door?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A gateway could be a black hole, a tunnel into a universe or to the underworld!&nbsp; Your imagination is your only limit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feel free to do one of each, be inspired by doors or gateways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is a boxed exhibit which is designed to go to small venues such as guilds and libraries.  Works must be&nbsp;8&nbsp;inches by 10 inches&nbsp;in either orientation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is my artwork \u2013 \u2018<strong>An Ancient Door, or a Gateway to the Past?<\/strong>\u2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Artist statement<\/em>:  A small rustic door set deeply into a rough rock wall. An ancient door, or a gateway to the past?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1-820x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C799&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?resize=820%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?resize=768%2C959&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?resize=1639%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?w=1805&amp;ssl=1 1805w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7671_hi-res_save-as-jpeg-cropped-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have been following my blog for a few years, this image may look familiar.  That&#8217;s because I used this photo in 2016 for 2 exhibits.  First, for an 8.5 x 11 inch exchange piece &#8211; read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/08\/31\/new-art-quilt-the-details-2016-08-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.  Then for the SAQA 2017 trunk show &#8211; details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/11\/27\/croatian-door-2016-11-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I explained in those posts, I took a lot of photos of doors during a 2013 trip to Croatia.  This was by far my favourite &#8211; a small rustic door, tucked under a flight of well-worn stone steps, and set deeply into a rough rock wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?resize=640%2C682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?resize=961%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 961w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?resize=282%2C300&amp;ssl=1 282w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C818&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Croatia-door-original-photo.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used the same techniques as in 2016 &#8211; I boosted the contrast on my computer then printed the enhanced image on prepared fabric. To emphasize the roughness of the rock wall and the depth of the inset door, I quilted the foreground rock surfaces with one layer of batting.&nbsp; Then I added a second layer of batting and quilted the grout between the rocks and the surface of the door.&nbsp; The sections that were quilted through both layers of batting receded and the other sections puffed up, giving the quilt a dimensional <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trapunto_quilting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trapunto<\/a> effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m linking up with <em>Nina-Marie\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca\/search\/label\/Off%20the%20Wall%20Fri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Off the Wall Friday<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">. . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Fibre Art Network exhibit is called Doors or Gateways. The organizers provided these prompts: Here is my artwork \u2013 \u2018An Ancient Door, or a Gateway to the Past?\u2018 Artist statement: A small rustic door set deeply into a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2024\/04\/27\/doors-or-gateways-2024-04-27\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,95,8],"tags":[14,69,85,74,17],"class_list":["post-8077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-mini-quilts","category-quilt-shows","tag-art-quilt","tag-fibre-art-network","tag-photo-editing","tag-photo-printed-on-fabric","tag-quilt-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-26h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3555,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/08\/31\/new-art-quilt-the-details-2016-08-31\/","url_meta":{"origin":8077,"position":0},"title":"New art quilt &#8211; the details &#8211; 2016.08.31","author":"TerryAske","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Every fall, members of The Fibre Art Network (FAN) meet somewhere in Western Canada for our annual retreat and planning meeting.\u00a0 This year, we will meet in Winnipeg MB in early October. 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