Still Life with Flowers: Quilted Art Wall and 50 similar items

Still Life with Flowers resulted from challenge to create a still life using techniques to show dimension. I tried using the shape of the piece as if the bowl of flowers were sitting on a table at a corner of a room and a hall going back, and it was only a partial success, I'm afraid! However, when I put the picture on my desktop at work, the first reaction when I showed it to a co-worker was "Is that flat?" (and it is!), so it worked to some extent. The flowers were cut from scraps of fabric I was given by a seamstress in a Mayan village on a trip to Belize. The doily is an actual crocheted one (not by me!) which I tried to stretch into an oval shape in another attempt to create a sense of dimension. My artwork is mounted on foam core, which creates a light-weight but rigid piece with a wire for hanging and a felt backing. It is treated with a sun-block spray, although prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may eventually cause fading.