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Quilt Visions 2006
catalog and CD
$24.95
Quilt San Diego/Quilt Visions is pleased to offer a full-color catalog of their exhibition QUILT VISIONS 2006. Quilt Visions 2006 comes with a CD of the exhibition which is compatible with both PC and Macintosh. View the entire exhibition in slide show format or view each quilt individually in close up detail. Ideal for presentations, technique study, and artistic enjoyment.
 
(front and back covers)
Quilting Transformed:
Leaders in Contemporary Quilting in the United States
by Jacqueline M. Atkins
Tadanobu SETO, 2007, ISBN 978-4-529-04414-1, 112 pages
Where to See Contemporary Quilts list. Written in English and Japanese.
This book is a must-have for every fiber art library. The first third of the book contains a wonderful brief history of quilting in the 20th century, focusing on the fore-runners of the art quilt movement. It not only showcases the artists, but also talks about the importance of the collectors, exhibitions and festivals, and publications. The next section gives a gorgeous two-page spread to nineteen important art quilt masters, while the final section is devoted to the people who made the growth of the art quilt possible: Karey Bresenhan, Jonathan Holstein, Robert and Ardis James, Meredith and Bill Schroeder, Bonnie Lehman, Shelly Zegart and Hilary Fletcher. This is an important overview of art quilting history, placing it in context while providing gorgeous artworks to feast your eyes upon.
 The Potter and the Muse
by Lotte Streisinger
Kalliope Press, $20.00, illustrated with photos of her pots and linocut illustrations.
Lotte Streisinger was a potter for over 50 years in Eugene, Oregon, where she also founded the Saturday Market, the oldest weekly open air crafts market in the country (http://www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org/smhist.html).
When back problems made it impossible for her to continue as a potter, she turned to making linocut prints and to writing. This book is the result of her ruminations on living a creative life, as recorded in the journals she has kept throughout her life. While some of her essays speak specifically about being a potter and working with clay, most of the book is about the creative process, talking about how to overcome creative dry spells, about how travel affected her work, about how often her first attempts at expressing an idea were unsatisfactory but she persisted until the idea became truly her own creation. It's a small book, but it's packed with inspiration for any creative person.
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