Dancing in the Light

Art

The National Quilt Museum

Name/Title

Dancing in the Light

Entry/Object ID

2010.09.01

Made/Created

Artist

Ellen Anne Eddy

Date made

2008

Place

City

Porter

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

69 in

Width

55 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Artist Commentary

Label

“I’ve always loved the beauty of beetles. Like every girl in America, I’ve grown up believing I could never be beautiful. I am convinced that we simply bash girl children into believing we are never good enough." “Somewhere in there, my father brought me bits of nature. He brought water lilies, fish in jars, beetles and moths from his fishing trips; he took me in little boats. My bugs are a celebration of my own wild beauty and yours, past fashion, past convention. The beauty of individuation is a scary thing indeed. And lovely." “Dancing in the Light was done largely through new technique of using felt as a stabilizer for bobbin work images. I found I could do larger and more dramatic images.”

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Hand-dyed cotton, lace, lamé, brocade, polyester thread, metallic yarn, metallic thread, cotton thread, monofilament nylon thread, stabilizers, felt

Note Type

Techniques Used

Note

Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, bobbin worked, digital threadwork designed by the artist, fused, machine quilted