Three Rivers Quilters offer a slice of Pittsburgh
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"Pittsburgh," a slice quilt made by four members of the Three Rivers Quilters guild, is a 37-by-20-inch wall hanging. -
"Afterglow" machine-pieced and hand-quilted by Janet Kaiser -
"Calm Before the Storm" by Joan Seidlitz, quilted by Dian Keepers (both of Napaville, Washington)_ -
"Seeking Wisdom" by Thea McCurry -
"So What Color is Missing?" by Barbara Heitzenroder, quilted by Carol Selepek -
"For the Birds" by Margaret Curley
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The Cubists invented multiple-point perspective early in the 20th century; Braques' violin paintings and Picasso's landscapes and portraits are some of the most memorable examples. There is more than one way to see a woman or the world, their paintings seem to say.
Beginning in the 1970s, David Hockney developed the idea further in his photographic collages, patching together overlapping prints taken from multiple vantage points to form Cubist panoramas of a Parisian square, a California desert, a Yosemite Valley river.
Now quilters have picked up the thread with "slice" quilts, which have their roots in a single photograph, often a landscape. The end product, however, is a fractured image that appears to come from different viewpoints.
In a way, it does; the photograph is cut apart and each collaborator is given a different slice to enlarge and interpret. The quilters work independently without communication until it's time to assemble the work.
Where: IBEW Circuit Center, 5 Hot Metal St., South Side
When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 10 to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Admission: $7, or $5 from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday only.
Information: www.threeriversquilters.org.
Such is the genesis of "Pittsburgh," a slice quilt by four members of the Three Rivers Quilters guild. It will be on display at the group's annual Three Rivers Quilt Show to be held Thursday through Saturday at the IBEW Circuit Center, 5 Hot Metal St., South Side.
The "Pittsburgh" quilt's vantage point seems to have been a high point in the Allegheny Landing sculpture park on the North Shore. The Andy Warhol (Seventh Street) Bridge spans the river above Ned Smyth's columnar sculpture, "Mythic Source." The convention center, Gulf and U.S. Steel towers, Koppers Building and Regional Enterprise Tower (ex-Alcoa Building) are among Downtown's recognizable landmarks. But the landscape is disjointed, familiar yet broken.
First Published April 14, 2010 12:00 am
