With the closing bell of our blog, I was thinking of some of
the internationally recognized artists that have shared over the years. Here is
a short list:
Jane Dunnewold –Comlpex cloth
Rayna Goodman – improvisational quilting
Lisa Kerpoe - resists
Nienke Smit – dyeing and shibori
Kathy Loomis – tiny line quilting
Beata Kerchner – color theory and stitch
Mags Ramsey – painted quilt
Ann Johnston – Low water immersion dyeing
Now these are the “famous people” but our day to day, month
to month blog posts were done by quilt artists and surface designers from all
over the world. Maybe not so famous or with name recognition but they were the
stalwarts who kept this blog going for seven years. There have been many
contributors who wrote on the topics you can access on the right of the blog
under the heading “Labels”. These were the women who volunteered as resident
and visiting artists and who kept this blog fresh, relevant, readable and
internationally recognized. I want to thank each and every person who contributed
to making the FIRE blog what is has become – an amazing resource for surface
design. The blog will stay up indefinitely as a “go to” resource for surface
design and art quilting. Thank you again to all of our contributors. It has
been wonderful being associated with you and this blog.