"Forest Bed"
by Claire Favro


  

 

This is one of those pieces that begs for audience participation. I created it simply to play with the fabrics, and added a diver headed for what seemed to be water, in the right hand top corner. I felt we were in a glade, or woody area, looking out over either water or clouds, with lots of organic matter everywhere. Others saw it differently – and the interpretation that seems to have stuck, is that we are standing at the foot of a bed, and someone has pulled back the brown quilt to reveal the blue sheets. My diver is therefore diving off the headboard, into a starry night. Hasty regroup, and the title became “Forest Bed.” 

 

Copyright (c) 2001 by Claire Favro.  All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission from Claire Favro.

Photo by David Leviton.

About The Author

CLAIRE FAVRO - takes simple cotton fabrics and cuts them up. From them she creates powerful emotional landscapes, reflections of joy and peace, shining suns and shimmering moons. These are made sometimes from just a few, sometimes from hundreds of pieces of fabric. Her work has been published in Quilters’ Newsletter and Art/Quilt Magazine, and received awards at numerous quilt shows. Commissioned works created in close collaboration with clients are in private collections around the country. Though not an athletic naturalist, Claire spends lots of time gazing at the sky views from her hill-top home near Seattle – whenever she looks up from her sewing. 

Claire has a web site at http://www.favrodesigns.com

Claire Favro


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