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WORKSHOPS
Contact Information:
Louise Silk
2250 Mary Street #201
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
412-431-2123
louise@silkquilt.com
http://www.silkquilt.com/
Lectures:
Pieces of Memory
Memorial
Quilts are created to remember something of significance. It can be a
person, an event, or a realization- anything that gives the needle
worker a life encounter to immortalize in fabric. In the effort to
grieve the deaths of my mother and father, I spent two years cutting up
their clothing; using the material to produce a body of work. The
twenty pieces were shown as a one- person exhibition in both Pittsburgh
and Chicago. This slide lecture traces the history of memorial quilts,
goes through the individual process of grief and suggests a variety of
ways for each of us to grieve our personal losses.
Making Quilts Today
Patchwork Quilting is an American art form that began as a utilitarian
craft. This is the story of my professional development beginning with
my first quilt as a novice in 1972 through to being included in the
prestigious Quilt National. Having worked in the field for over thirty
years, I relate my personal life experience to quilt-making history,
techniques, and the struggle to create art. This slide lecture
concludes with encouragement to find ways to update the tradition and
bring quilts into our lives.
I Was There: Now I’m Here: Self Discovery Through Quilting
For me the quilt is more that a traditional decorative object or a
functional bed cover. It is a sculptural fiber form with aesthetics,
experience, and memory marking a point in time. This lecture traces my
spiritual and religious development as it relates to creating quilts.
Raised as a cultural Jew, it took a spiritual awakening to understand
how the integration of sacred themes with my quilt-making skills was
the key to creating powerful and meaningful artwork. This slide lecture
shares my learning process along with the inner workings of creating
one-person shows that include divine themes and performance rituals.
Process, Process, Process
This slide lecture gives the viewer a glimpse into my creative process
including working environment, organization of materials and sources of
inspiration. Included is an overview of my 2004 exhibition
“Transformation” and my working method for the production of “Memory
Quilts”.
I have been producing quilts professionally for
over thirty years. My work has been included in the prestigious Quilt
National Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts as well as in
corporate art collections such as US Air, PaineWebber, and PNC Bank.
Please look at my web site for more information:
http://www.silkquilt.com/
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