Petri Dish (Mini Quilt)
The mini quilt is finished and photographed!
The idea for this design came from a petri dish with different kinds of cells being cultured in the agar.
I wanted this art quilt to be very touchable, so I used a lot of french knots and several different textures of embroidery thread (velvet, DMC Pearl, and DMC cotton). I drew out some of the shapes with a water soluble marker, and then added some organically as I went along.
I will be entering this little quilt in a fiber arts festival show in Montgomery (the same one where I'm teaching a hyperbolic crochet class!).
This was a really fun project, I enjoyed every minute of embroidery and watching it come together!
8 comments:
looks great! i love the textures-and the colors :)
Oh, that's awesome! Love it!
It's so pretty! I want to touch it. I love the idea of all of the germs and bacteria and amazing little creatures floating around in the dish.
It's a beautiful piece, Rachel! Best wishes at your art show!
I found you through your flickr post of this quilt. It is such a wonderful idea and execution! And then I looked through some of your archives, and I see it's not just a one off!
I really enjoy your mixture of art & science, and I'm going to go add you to my RSS feed right now. :D
The science geek in me loves this-great colors, too. I have a love/hate relationship with french knots, though. Love the look of them but hate 'em because half the time they pull through on me!
Beautiful! Microbes and stitchery are a wonderful combination, and next time I say that to someone (believe me, I have) I'll show them this.
Wow, what an original idea! Good luck for your show!
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