Let Out Your Inner Animal : Innovative Art quilt

honey-town

artemix — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:27:29 GMT

bees

artemix — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:23:43 GMT

Floating Sea Turtles

sinclairartquilts — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:59:12 GMT

I have always loved the water. Being under the sea floating along the bottom of the ocean where life above cannot touch me.

My inner animal comes out in water, it allows me to still the mind and all those intuitive thoughts and ideas come floating through. I have always been in tuned with turtles, there lives seem effortless, which is how people often see me.

Sea turtles, are one of the few animals that eat sea grass. Sea grass needs to be constantly cut short to help it grow across the sea floor. Sea turtles act as grazing animals that cut the grass short and help maintain the health of the sea grass beds. Sea grass beds provide breeding and developmental grounds for numerous species of fish, shellfish and crustaceans. Without sea grass beds, many marine species humans harvest would be lost, as would the lower levels of the food chain.

I like the thought of floating and grazing for a living. It seems peaceful.

Asabone

braidandstitch — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:05:54 GMT

Asabone in Ghana means wild dancing and is the name for this art quilt I created because of how my two dancers have let themselves go wild while dancing, while the men play the drums, this is a very common way of entertaining in most African villages and is pretty much common practice. Work was machine appliqued and machine quilted.

Kpanlogo

braidandstitch — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:03:22 GMT

In Africa people celebrate by drumming and dancing in open air which is a very common practice. Kpanlogo is a native dance by the Ga's of Accra which is the capital city of Ghana. This is such a soul unleashing dance that most people find themselves at another level they describe as so ecstatic. Sometimes the say the animal in them kicks in.

Denkyem

braidandstitch — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:49:52 GMT

Denkyem in Ghana is the traditional name for crocodile or alligator, this creature is seen to be very strong since it can stay for long periods at a time under water. Denkyem is one of Ghana's Edinkra symbols, these animal symbols are popularly called totems, when likened to this creature you are seen as strong, powerful, highly enduring, and some one who will persevere through all life's struggles and challenges and always bounce back stronger than ever.