Joyce R. Hartley
E-mail: joyce@joycehartley.com
URL: http://www.joycehartley.com

Statement:

My work is mostly traditional with a twist. I like taking the old patterns-mariner's compass, lone star-and combining them in unusual ways, using odd color combinations, including appliqué and lots of hand quilting with colored threads. I often employ "old fashioned" methods-templates, hand piecing and appliqué-to achieve my vision.

Workshops and Lectures:

Ø Fabric Dyeing in Jars: A neat, easy way to dye a rainbow of 12 colors in fat quarters using fiber reactive dyes.
Ø Experimenting with Dyeing: Learn how to dye color gradations and play with various techniques to create visual textures in handdyed fabrics.
Ø Quilted Boxes Workshop: Create a finished fabric covered box with a pieced or appliqué lid, perfect as a sewing or jewelry box.
Ø Mariner's Compass Made Easy: This class presents some 'old-fashioned' techniques that are used to create a Mariners Compass block.
Ø Fabric Postcards: An explanation and demonstration of the design process and construction of small quilts based on postcards or photographs.
Ø Tarot Art Quilt Project (slide presentation): This program presents each of the 78 quilts along with commentary on both the meaning of the card/quilt and the artist's statement. I will also show and discuss the design process of the three quilts that I contributed to the project.

Shows and Awards:

Ø Moon Over the Mountain: Juried into "Art Quilts: Element" sponsored by the Professional Art Quilters Alliance - South, to be shown at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary NC.
Ø Queen of Swords: Juried into the Small Wonders contest. To be shown at Spring Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, March 2004, and International Quilt Market & Festival, October 2004.Ø Two of Cups, Six of Swords, Eight of Cups: part of the Tarot Art Quilt Project, exhibited at the Spring International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, April 2003.
Ø The Big Bang: First Place, Professional Pieced Quilt, 1997 Virginia State Fair.
Ø All In Blues: Juried into the 1996 American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, KY. First Place, Professional Pieced Quilt, and Best of Section, Professional Quilts, 1996 Virginia State Fair.
Ø Fish and Flowers: First Place, Professional Wall Quilt, 1996 Virginia State Fair.
Ø Paradise: The Quilt From H***: Juried into the 1995 Hoffman Challenge Exhibit.
Ø Daddy's Quilt: Juried into 1995 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA; 1995 Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA; 1995 American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, KY.

Publications:

Ø Daddy's Quilt: Published in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, May 1996.
Ø Carpal Tunnel Butterflies: Quilt and article (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Firsthand Account) in American Quilter, Spring 1997.