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 enlarge | Author: Martha Sielman
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 6839
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1600591078
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.460973
EAN: 9781600591075
ASIN: 1600591078
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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Love it! June 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Beautiful closeups, lots of words from the artists themselves on their style, practice, etc. Fantastic! I'm reading it slowly to savor it.
Indepth book on 41 Masters of the Art Quilt May 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished reading, devouring and enjoying the lastest book in the Lark Masters series. This book is a must have for anyone interested in the Art Quilt form. This book includes quilt artists from around the world.
The indepth writing and personal notations from the included artists give you the feeling of being in the room with them and discussing their journey, so far in the Art Quilt genre. It is a very fresh approach to presenting an artist and their work.
I applaude the curator, Martha Sieman, in her job of selecting these artists. There were many more who could have been included in this book, but maybe that is for Masters: Art Quilt II! The Art Quilt genre is growing by leaps and bounds and more artists are further exploring this area. Look for many more unique pieces to follow.
Inspiration! May 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a gorgeous book with quilts to inspire every type of quilter from traditional to art! Love it.
One of the TOP TEN for contemporary quilt art May 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Masters: Art Quilts is a slam-dunk in contemporary art! Art quilts (or "studio quilts" as many folks call them) range from minimalist compositions to conceptual nuances to outright gaudy explosions of fabric, paint, and embellishment. Although all the forty "masters" in this book are not necessarily my forty masters, the stimulating and sometimes challenging quilts illustrated here clearly indicate why these artists were selected. Martha Sielman, whose succinct and informative comments accompany the work of each artist, gives us the welcome news in her introduction that this volume is the first in a series. The quilt world now has 150 or more artists at or near the caliber of these forty, and I eagerly look forward to the next volume. In future volumes, it would be helpful to have the quilts of each artist in chronological order. I kept flipping pages back and forth trying to see each artist's development. Also, I am sure that readers would like to know how many years each artist has been working in the quilt medium. When we read that Miriam Nathan-Roberts has been involved with quilts for 53 years, our curiosity is provoked concerning the others. Lark Books has done itself proud with this production, gorgeously designed and with a pleasing balance of serif and sans-serif fonts.
A treasure and a bargain May 22, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
There are loads of books filled with gorgeous color photographs of quilts, but this one is so much more. Martha Sielman's curatorial eye has resulted in a portable exhibition of the most exciting art quilts of our time. By grouping them as she has, you get a sense of each textile artist's progression and depth, not just a repeat visit to iconic images seen over and over already. The quality of this solid effort coupled with the price make this one of the great bargain books around. A great gift for quilters, and a must for the libraries of all quilt-lovers, quilt-collectors and quiltmakers.
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