Hildegard Müller
I started quilting in the mid-90th of the
last century as a very traditional quilter and enjoyed quilt making. But some
years ago I got in touch with modern quilts and art quilts. I became fascinated
by the idea to create my own fabric by various methods of dying or printing. So
I started to learn these techniques and took part in workshops of well-known
art quilters.
Usually I start with an idea, a theme, then I create
my fabric by dying, printing adding other materials, sometimes non-textile
materials as well or add fabrics and embellish it.
An example for my way of working is “And we will go
on…” This work was exhibited in 2012 in Saint-Marie-Aux-Mines at the contest
“Yesterday, today, tomorrow”.
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| And we will go on |
The diptych "Love in Wartimes" shows parts
of poems and love-letters, written during World War I (about 1916) by my
Grandmother and a French prisoner of war, who - as far as I know - was forced
to work on the fields in that rural area, where my Grandmother lived. Extracts
of her letter are on one part, the prisoner's letter is on the other part. I
found those writings in my Grandma's poetry book.
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| Love in War Times |
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I'm glad you moved into art quilting. These pieces are very powerful.
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