I've always done 2-dimensional art (horrors -- I have no depth, I'm just 2-D!). Three-D has always scared me a little -- what do you DO with that extra dimension? But an idea popped into my head in December when I was thinking of what to enter in DVAA's "Art in Sixes" holiday show.
I thought of a wooden box with little quilts inside. Then Hank said, "what about quilts on the outside?" Hmmm. Then I said "how about a little 'stage' where the quilts would be sort of inside and outside?" Hank made me two little 6x6x6 wooden boxes, and I was off and running.
You can see the results below: The first one has a little flower quilt on each of the six sides of the box; you can turn it over and around for a different view every day (except Sunday). I call it "Picture Cube."
The other one, "Picture Viewer" (which sold at the show), I think of as a low-tech version of those computerized screens that you program to show ever-changing photographs. I made five little quilts and hung them on miniature rods; the rods rest in notches and you can choose the one you want to see while the rest are hanging behind.
The two works were a lot of fun . . . . maybe I'm not so "shallow" after all!
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