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Threads of Meaning at The Salt Exchange PDF Print E-mail
Written by Martha Marques   
Saturday, 02 January 2010 13:44

I have been invited to do an exhibit of my quilts at The Salt Exchange at 245 Commercial Street in Portland.  The opening will be Friday evening, January 15 and if you haven't been to The Salt Exchange yet now is your perfect excuse to check it out.  If you have been to The Salt Exchange you don't need an excuse over and above the seductive food and the amazing wines.  But possibly the quilts will enhance the experience for you.  The Salt Exchange hours are 12:00-2:30 for lunch and 5:30-9:00 Tues-Thursday, 5:30-10:00 Friday and Saturday. February 5 we will be part of the First Friday Art Walk with wine and canapes for the Artist Reception from 5:30-8:00.  You can also have Dinner with the Artist (me!) from 8:00-10:00.  We recommend reservations for dinner, but the reception is free and everyone's welcome.

These are sneak peeks  of some of what you will be seeing.  The one above is called Conversation and is 10 feet square.  The birch trees are life sized.

And here is Le'ia which is the Hawaiian word for Abundance.  Again Le'ia is 10 feet square and the leaves and fruit of the Ulu (breadfruit) are life sized.  Ulu is the symbol of plentiful food, family and happiness in Hawaiian culture

This image is of one of my earlier Hawaiian quilts and is entitled Li'i Li'i Ahi Pua o' Lehua (Little Flame Flowers of Ohia).  It is a more modest 7 feet square and the fabrics are not hand dyed.  I have a particular fondness for it because it has a faintly Celtic quality, in spite of being a Hawaiian quilt.  Sharon Balai, one of my accomplished Hawaiian quilting friends from the Big Island called it "Irish Hawaiian Quilting" and thought it perfectly reasonable that my ancestors should be influencing my quilts in subtle and pervasive ways.

And here is a close up of Cotton, again a 7 foot square quilt.  You can read more about Cotton on this site.


The show Threads of Meaning will be running through April 3.   I hope that you will find an opportunity to come by and see it and to enjoy the wonderful experience that The Salt Exchange has created for us in Portland.

Last Updated on Monday, 11 January 2010 11:29
 

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