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Our Artist of the Month
Andi Shannon - Fiber Artist
 www.andishannon.com 

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Artist’s Statement

Learning intrigues me. The fact that no matter what I think I know, there is comparative infinity to what I don’t know and never will in this life. If I find an author I’ve never read, a food I’ve never eaten or a place I’ve never heard of before, that bit of information adds to my experience. Art is the way I weave experience and understanding together, whether it’s just delight in the way my day in the studio is going or the deeper joy of life unfolding.  Each day I learn and understand, a small part of wisdom is added to my life.

I made my first quilt, a very simple one, living in a log cabin on the Yukon River in Alaska. After deciding that quilting wasn’t for me, ten years passed before I couldn’t resist trying it again.

 

  I started with traditional type quilts and wondered, as many artists do, “What if I …?” I began to play with color and texture and line. I haven’t settled on a particular style and I usually have several projects tumbling together in my head and on my sewing table and results in scraps covering my studio floor. Each day I have a different favorite. I may pull out solid black and jewel toned fabric for stained glass or it might be boxes and boxes of yarn and ribbon to layer and create new fabric to build textured pieces. I might just pick a color and see what’s waiting in the closet.  I could decide to make a piece for the wall or a handbag or play with dye. Sometimes I start with a rough sketch, but, more often, I just start cutting and sewing to see what happens. I hope I start all my days wondering, “What if I…?”
 

Convergence
 

Shattered

A Cedar Path

 

Exhibitions

Skagit Artists Together, Depot Arts Center, May 2010, juried

Skagit Valley Showcase, MoNA at  Mirabella, Seattle, WA invited, Mar – May 2010

University House, Contemporary QuiltArt Association, Issaquah, WA, juried, March –July 2010

Arts Alive! 2009 Emerging Artists exhibit, La Conner, WA

“Adornments” Cygnus Gallery, La Conner, WA Dec 2009

Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour 2009, juried event throughout Skagit County

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum Summer 2009

“Paint Me a River! Art Meets History” 2009, invited artist, Skagit County Historical Museum, La Conner, WA

Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland/Skagit Artists Together 2009, Seaside Gallery, La Conner, WA

MONA Style 2009, invited artist, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

Solo show, Winter 2007, Lincoln Theater, Mount Vernon WA

Arts Alive! 2007 Demonstrating artist at The Next Chapter, La Conner, WA


Bamboo

 

 
 

Forest

◄◄In The Light           Fiddleheads

 

Marseilles

Redwoods