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Cross Currents 73 x73 $4800 SOLD Silk, cotton, resist, dye, paint, machine quilting, and machine piecing. Cross currents pull in opposing directions, causing conflict but also creating movement and change. This quilt was awarded the Judge’s Choice award at the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival IX . It was also juried into the Pennsylvania National Quilt Exhibit in 1998. Seen at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe NM.
Resurfacing $6000 SOLD Kim H. Ritter ©1997; photo by Karen Bell 60" x 40 " Silk, resist, dye, paint, machine quilting, machine applique! and machine piecing. Juried into 1997 Quilts: A World of Beauty and the 1999 Quilter’s Heritage Exhibit, this quilt explores the re-emergence of creativity after a period of dormancy. It is featured in the prestigious FIBERART DESIGN BOOK 6. Part of a solo show on display at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Surface Tension $1,350 sold Kim H. Ritter ©1998; photo by Karen Bell 42" x 37" Silk, cotton, resist and dye. Hand painted and machine quilted. Things can appear smooth on the surface, but there is always something hidden below. This quilt is part of a series examining water currents as a metaphor for human emotions. This quilt is the first in an exploration with a new technique in which the piece is quilted initially in an extemporaneous fashion, the lines of quilting are covered with resist and silk dye is applied in the final step. This quilt was exhibited in the 1999 juried exhibition Quilter’s Heritage Quilt Festival in Lancaster, PA.
On the Surface $1,100 sold Kim H. Ritter ©1994; photo by Karen Bell 38" x 38" Cotton, wax resist, paint, and hand quilting. Juried into the 1998 Quilter’s Heritage Show, this was the first in my series on currents and my first painted whole cloth quilt.
The Drowning $4000 Kim H. Ritter ©1999; photo by Mike McCormick 68" X 68" Raw silk, dye, paint, machine piecing, applique´ and quilting.Juried into Focus on Fiber, Houston, Texas in 1999. Exhibited at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe NM.
Wired! $3,500 Kim H. Ritter ©1998; photo by Karen Bell 58" x 64" Silk, cotton, resist, dye, paint, machine quilting, and machine piecing. This quilt, part of my series on electrical currents, depicts lightning, or the electrical impulses that power our brain. This quilt was seen at Quilts : A World of Beauty, the 1998 International Quilt Association’s juried show.
High Voltage $4200 Kim H. Ritter ©1998; photo by Karen Bell 60" x 72" Silk, cotton, resist, dye, paint, machine quilting, and machine piecing. This quilt, part of my series on electrical currents, represents a moment of painful reckoning and hard truths. This quilt was seen at the juried Quilter’s Heritage Show and in the Pennsylvania National Quilt Exhibit in 1998. In 1999, it was be exhibited at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.
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