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| The Last Touch... a signature |
I occasionally forget to put a label on the back of my quilts. It is a tedious, last minute job for the most part, and I don't take much pleasure in hand stitching when it is not going to be viewed. After putting the 16 quilts on stretcher bars and attaching them to the floater frames, I have intimately studied each of these pieces. Only four of my fellow artists labeled their quilts.
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More about the exhibit later... in the mean time, I'm going to pose this question: Do you think the signature takes away from the piece? Does it add anything? I'd be interested to know.
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5 comments:
I personally love an artist's signature on a piece of art. It shouldn't take away from the piece, but be subtle somwhere around the edges. Yours is beautiful.
I agree! I sign or label all my work. I was raised by an artist. Maybe that is why. I have a quilt from forty years ago and I made a label for it. Without it, that woman who has long since passed away is invisibe. That breaks my heart to hold a piece of history with no label. Great post! Thankyou!
I agree with you completely - I love signatures on quilts - I particularly like to hide mine somewhere.I've really grown weary of quilts with hefty, info laden labels - too self-indulgent. I find it interesting to study how other artists sign their work - redware potters sign their pieces with their name, and the weather - it's so random, yet personal.
I always sign my work on the front. Maybe leftover from my experience with painting & drawing. It was a surprise to hear people don't typically sign art quilts on the front. Like you, I free-motion-stitch my signature. It's very quick & easy, compared to hand stitching a big label on the back.
I always sign my work with a freemotion signature in the lower right corner. I've had several people who have bought my work say it made a difference to them that the piece was signed because it made it "art"! Great post!
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