Tiger, Tiger

Name/Title

Tiger, Tiger

Entry/Object ID

2017.06.01

Made/Created

Artist

Kris Vierra

Date made

2015

Place

City

Lincoln

State/Province

Nebraska

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

79 in

Width

67 in

Interpretative Labels

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Artist Commentary

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"I have always been fascinated with how the mind can play tricks. Why does one person see a picture of a vase, and another of two faces; a beautiful woman or a hag? These are just two common examples of types of optical illusions. In this quilt, I have used three types of optical illusions: ambiguous image, figure-ground perception, and anamorphic perception, to hide sixteen tigers in the quilt. There are six in the applique and ten in the quilting. Having trouble finding them? Hint: don't miss the tiger for the trees. This quilt is inspired by a drawing by Willustration."

General Notes

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Materials Used

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Cotton, Inktense pencils, Sukineko inks, cotton batt, 80/20 cotton poly black batt

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Techniques Used

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Hand painted, machine turned appliqué, free motion machine quilted