Hexagons

Several of the Japanese quilt makers used piecing and hexagons in the background of their quilts and then appliqued more over the top of these sections or visa versa. I loved this quilt Forest, by  Kazuko Fujimura. Here are some detail photos of it.

Quilts from TIQE 16

There were so many wonderful quilts to admire at TIQE16 and all needed to be seen more than once as sensory overload kicks in! The red and white themed banners at the entrance held one's attention.

This colourful wall of small quilts was on the wall facing the elevators and were just so joyful! Hand appliqued.

 Visiting Japanese tutor Yasuko Saito's quilt Movement #61 was stunning and used many small pieces of Japanese textiles in various textures and fibres.

 President of Taiwan Art Quilt Society, Lin Mei-Hui with her quilt Light and Shadow.

Cara Freenstra Gulati and the Director of the arts centre stand beside her large colourful quilt [sorry forgot the title].

 Nature/ A Tree's Talk by Huang Pei-Ying caught my eye and the repetition carried the theme.

Undersea Fashion Party by Katsumi Ishinami was another favourite.

 As was Favouring Multi-Medium by Gau Shiow-Meei which used small couched twigs in the blocks, held together to form the whole with red thread and beads.

 And Betty Busby's wonderful Abyss used led lights to light up her deep sea creatures, plus there was so much added texture with paint dots and googly eyes.

 

Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 16

What a buzz it was to arrive at this exhibition, which had been the focus and original starting point of the trip. Our party of 6 artists at the entrance to the National Tainan Living Arts Centre. L-R Annette McRae, Cara Freenstra Gulati, Kathryn Iliff, Merody Buglar and myself.

The entry to the large exhibition space where the work is hung beautifully on white walls. Volunteers from Taiwan Art Quilt Society help visitors and guard the work. The theme of the exhibition is Save the Environment.

Exhibition organiser Hsin-Chen Lin and her huge hand stitched work, inspired by her Taiwan homeland.

Lots of photos in front of our pieces. Here Broadstrokes+ members in front of their section. L-R Christine Jones, Merody Buglar, Kathryn Iliff.

I had a total of 9 quilts in the exhibition. I was busy last year!

Viewpoints 9 group exhibition was great!  There are many more photos on Facebook on my pages Sue Dennis Textiles and Sue Dennis so please like and follow for up to date information.

TIQE16

This is a detail from When all the trees are gone made for the Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 16 with the theme Protect the Earth's Environment.