I couldn’t believe my eyes. They were simply stunning. Last week, I saw two pieces of artwork in the library which set me thinking about whether you could successfully frame textile art behind glass. They were lovely mixed media pieces – mainly stitched (embroidery) works of art with some collage items- paper and film incorporated […]
Words of Advice from A Textile Art Collector
Del Thomas – Textile Art Collector Del Thomas the 77-year-old textile art collector and owner of The Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection has passionately collected art for more than three decades. She joyously shares her collection with others and has generously decided to give her private collection a forever home in a museum in the future. […]
Creative Ways to Display Textile Art- Part 2
Diane Wright is a well-traveled woman who spent her teens on one continent, lived part of her adult life on another continent and then returned to the U.S (on yet a third continent). She is an art collector and a studio art quilter. She’s been involved in the arts in one form or the other […]
Creative Ways to Display Textile Art- Part 1
Diane Wright is an accomplished studio art quilter and an art collector. She’s the Membership co-chair of the Board for SAQA.(An international organization which educates about and promotes the art quilt.) Diane’s always been interested in art. She took night classes in drawing and painting, even when she was working a demanding career. Diane and I […]
Passionately Collecting Art Quilts
Del Thomas is a textile art collector and the owner of the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection. Her collection of art quilts boasts over 300 pieces ranging from pieces as large as 107” x 52” to as small as 4” x 6”. She is also a quilter who has been quilting for the past 70 years. […]