Susan Brubaker Knapp
Mooresville, NC
1. Did the change in dimensions present any specific
challenges for you? I liked the square format. I find being “forced” to adapt
to different sizes and shapes encourages my creativity.
2. Describe your design area, specifically your work
table: what is the best thing about it? I work in a small (former) guest
bedroom in my house. I got my work table at Pier One; it is a banquet-height
scratch-and-dent-sale dining table, so it is the perfect height for painting,
drawing, cutting and tracing.
3. What set this quilt apart from other recent
projects you have been working on? I’ve been doing a lot of flowers and
botanical subjects, so focusing on old wood and paint and rust was a
change.
4. When you get “stuck” how do you deal with a
“design block”? How do you overcome it? I don’t get stuck very often
or very long. Working on something different for a while can provide time for
ideas to gestate or percolate and for solutions to emerge.
5. Do you work on single or multiple projects at the
same time? I often have 20 or more projects going simultaneously!
Deadlines – for exhibitions, publications, etc., – often drive my schedule and
determine what gets finished first.
6. What do you hope people take away from your
work? I focus on the really small details of things; there are so many
miracles there. I hope to encourage people to look closer and appreciate those
things, to look for the beauty around them.
7. What are the best parts of working on an art
quilt? What are your least favorite parts? There’s really no part of it
that I don’t like. It is a privilege to have the time and materials and ability
to create art.
8. What art/quilt-related organizations do you
belong to? Studio Art Quilt Associates, International Quilt Association,
American Quilter’s Society
9. Do you have a preferred color palette?
Why? I work mostly in clear, bright colors. I think it’s because I’m an
optimist at heart!
10. What do you regard as your most interesting
milestones along your art journey? The most recent milestone is having the
opportunity to host “Quilting Arts TV.” The experience of being able to see the
work of amazing fiber artists close up, and to talk to them about their work is
definitely influencing my art.
Susan, I like your association of loving bright colors with being an optimist ... finally, a reason for my own love of those same colors! Love your work.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I like your association of loving bright colors with being an optimist ... finally, a reason for my own love of those same colors! Love your work.
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