Big Bang

Name/Title

Big Bang

Entry/Object ID

2017.02.01

Made/Created

Artist

Gail Garber

Date made

1997

Place

City

Albuquerque

State/Province

New Mexico

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

78 in

Width

70 in

Web Links and URLs

https://gailgarber.com/

Interpretative Labels

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Artist Commentary

Label

"Big Bang is my epiphany quilt, the one that forever changed how I think about designing quilts. Its also the first quilt in the style for which I have become known. In this quilt, I wanted it to look like two stars were colliding. I already knew how to make the stars, but creating motion in the background was a big challenge. The only way I could think to create motion was to use fabrics radiating from light to dark as they were more distant from the star. This also was the first time I had incorporated a holistic approach to the overall design, where the central focus, the background, and the borders are all intertwined. It took about two years to create this quilt."

General Notes

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Materials Used

Note

Cottons

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Techniques Used

Note

Machine pieced, machine quilted