Gerrie Congdon
Portland, Oregon
2. Are you involved in any community or group projects where you donate your work? if yes, what project or projects? I
love donating a quilt to the SAQA annual auction and I have been
pleased to have mine sell early on in the week. I am working on a house
quilt for Jamie Fingal's House Quilt Project. I participated in the
Alliance for American Quilts last year and plan to make another quilt
this year.
3. Do you belong to a small group
of like-minded artists? I belong to two local groups. One is High Fiber
Diet. We are art quilters who work at educating ourselves about art and
design and we also have juried shows. I am also part of a very small
group called STASH — Some Thursday at Someone's Home. Terry Grant is
also in this group. There are only six of us, and they are a wonderful
group of friends. We meet monthly and also take artsy trips together. In
the spring, we have a retreat together. The other group near and dear
to my heart is the Twelve by Twelve group. I love this group of women
artists. You can see what we have been up to on our blog: http://twelveby12.
4.
Are you a member of a professional art organization, such as SAQA?
Have you ever held a volunteer position in the organization, and if
so, what? I belong to SAQA and SDA — Surface Design Association. I am
the website administrator for SDA.
5. What is
your favorite palette of colors that you use in your work? Name 5 and
your least favorite colors? Name 5 favorites? This is a difficult one.
I love color, period. I love working with chartreuse, red, black,
orange and blue. I really don't have least favorite colors -oh, maybe
pink and purple!! Some of my best work has used colors that some would
think are ugly, but they can tell a story.
6. Describe your creative work space in 20 words or less. Are you messy or tidy? Large, well-lighted, task specific work
stations, often messy! When I am in the zone, the mess doesn’t bother me.
Cleanup is necessary to start a new project.
7. What is your creative process? think, draw,
design, make or right to the design? Usually, I have a vision in my
head of what I want to do. I might make a sketch to block out the
design. I am often inspired my fabric that I have created with surface
design.
8. Is there a particular object or shape that shows up repeatedly in your work? Why? I love skinny linear shapes.
9.
If you had to choose a favorite artist from another media, who would
it be, and why? Helen Frankenthaler She is an oil painter best known
for color field style, characterized primarily by large fields of flat, solid color spread across or stained into the canvas creating areas of unbroken surface and a flat picture plane.
10.
Have you written a book related to Art Quilts and Quilting or have an
instructional DVD? If so, can you tell us the title or titles? The
Twelve by Twelve group has a book titled, Twelve by Twelve; the
International Art Quilt Challenge.
11. Do you
make art full time? If you have another career, would you describe
what you do? and how you incorporate art into your life? I try to have a
daily studio practice. Currently, I am creating a 3 inch by 3 inch tiny
quilt every day. I am doing a new color every month. I have a part-time
job with SDA, updating the website and handling all Constant Contact
e-mails for the organization.
Gerrie! Coffee as ritual was on my list too!
ReplyDeleteHi Gerrie, I searched on your blog for your Rituals piece, and it is gorgeous! Love the colors and the repetition of the focal image.
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