Artist: Janet Swigler | Location: Columbia, SC
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Artist: Janet Swigler | Location: Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC
Stitching, by hand or machine, and manipulating fabric have always been my favorite and most satisfying creative outlets. My work honors the tradition of quilting and shows the versatility of a medium that uses only thread and fabric. My quilts are improvisational, cut free-hand, and created intuitively without the use of templates or patterns. Quilting is my art form, and incorporates principles of art, such as quality of line, value, proportion, and figure/ground composition. The use of color, developing a piece as I create it, and imaginative re-structuring of a simple shape are important components. With a background of musical training and a career in music education, I have additional perspectives and depth of artistic understanding. Observations of daily life, attentiveness to nature, reflections on personal insights, and a regular tai chi practice inspire my abstract creations.