Spirogyra #4

• DESIGNED, PIECED, AND QUILTED BY: Caryl Bryer Fallert

• DATE: 2012

• SIZE: 30" wide x 30" high (76cm x 76cm)

• COLORS: Blue, green, red, yellow gradations

• MATERIALS: Fabric: 100% cotton fabric • Batting: 50% cotton / 50% bamboo • polyester

thread

• TECHNIQUES: Machine pieced & quilted

• IDENTIFYING MARKS: Signature & label

• OWNER: Caryl Bryer Fallert

• PHOTO: Caryl Bryer Fallert

• PRICE: $3200.00

Design Concept & Process:

For many years a small clipping from a magazine hung over my desk. It was a picture

taken through a microscope of spirogyra, a single-cell, filamentous algae, commonly

known as pond scum. This the fourth quilt I have made, inspired by the patterns of dots

and curving stripes found in that image. This one is quite different from the original

inspiration but evolved from the three previous quilt designs. This entire quilt is a

study in intersecting color and value gradations. The fabrics used are all from my

Gradations collection for Benartex.

The quilt top, including the dots, was pieced using my hybrid “applipiecing” method. Directions for applipiecing can be

found at paperpieces.com. The dots are quilted in a pebbly pattern with thread that matches the background fabric, so the

pebbles appear to float. The background fabrics are quilted in a small meander pattern with matching thread. The yellow

and green stripes are quilted in wavy lines that echo the edges of the templates. The binding is a patterned fabric from my

Multi-Tye-Dye collection for Benartex.

Exhibitions: • Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Paducah, KY 2012-13

• 30 Quilts for 30 Years: Solo, traveling exhibition celebrating 30 years of making art quilts.

• International Quilt Market & Festival, 2013, Houston TX, October 25–November 3, 2013

• National Quilt Museum, Paducah KY, December 6, 2013 – March 11, 2014

• Bryerpatch Studio Gallery, Paducah KY March 15, 2014 – May 1, 2014

• Les Jardins de Magali, Lauris, France (12 quilts) May 8 – May 18, 2014

• Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, August 1, 2014 – September 21, 2014

• Wisconsin Quilt Museum, Cedarburg, WI, January 14- April 12, 2015

• LaConner Quilt Museum, LaConner WA – July 1–October 4, 2015

• Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA – October 14, - December 19, 2015

• Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion, University Museum, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, January 26 - April

16, 2016

• Fantasies in Fiber & Beads: (two-person show) Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, May 5-29, 2016

• Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: 40 Years of Color, Light, & Motion,

• Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, July 31-October 9, 2016

• Nixon Centre for Performing & Visual Arts, Newnan, GA January 9 - February 17, 2017

• Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX • March 30 - June 25, 2017

• Color, Light, & Motion: Fine Art Quilts by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Art at the Old Alcohol Plant Gallery, Port Hadlock, WA, July 8-August 26,

2018

Publications: • None as of 7/11/18

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Spirogyra #4 • 30" x 30" • Copyright © 2012 Caryl Bryer Fallert • Bryerpatch Studio • www.bryerpatch.com

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Spirogyra #4 (detail) • 30" x 30" • Copyright © 2012 Caryl Bryer Fallert • Bryerpatch Studio • www.bryerpatch.com