Michael James (2) (1949–)

Quilting makes it into the 20th Century. No traditional settings, no traditional patterns, no reliance on the tried and true. Michael James starts over from scratch, using color, and abstraction... forget symmetry. Michael takes the freedom of an art class and treats fabric as just another medium for expressing an artistic idea -- an alternative to oil, pencil, watercolor. While Crazy Quilts had a brief period of popularity in the early 20th Century, the quilting world is still experimenting with design ideas introduced by James... landscapes, color play, textured work, and alternative uses, like wearables, bags, wall hangings.… (mehr)