tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021283387517994326.post756821263760047262..comments2023-12-29T01:39:29.240-08:00Comments on Heather Thomas: Heather Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01267059586926398872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021283387517994326.post-5951550649725594682013-03-25T20:05:57.698-07:002013-03-25T20:05:57.698-07:00I hope you know Heather, how very much I am enjoyi...I hope you know Heather, how very much I am enjoying this series of yours and can't thank you enough for your generosity in sharing this with us. Because I have learned through your classes to SEE things more objectively, I have been able to really learn from each and every piece.<br /><br />I do find the pieces you aren't as pleased with more challenging to comment on than the ones you like- mostly because you are more knowledgeable about color and design and I tend to trust your critique more than my own.<br /><br />That being said, I feel that when you are continually critiquing your own work, especially with the intention of helping all the rest of us as you learn yourself, you may miss things- good things- that we see.<br /><br />When I view this in small form, I can't see the swirls at all, and the piece is just a nice grid made using a soothing, mostly neutral palette. <br /><br />When I view it full size, I don't see confusion at all. <br /><br />Most of the pieces of the grid have circles, curved lines, or wavy lines in them, which are echoed in the green swirls.<br /><br />The swirls are a nice soft yellow green which doesn't overpower anything and in fact seems to bring the layers together, since there is that nice yellow green in the grid.<br /><br />The stitching adds not only visual, but tactile texture to the foreground and I like the way they move my eye around the piece. I find myself looking for the repeat everywhere. The swirls tie the squares together in a way that just the white space between them can't, and it seems to soften the white space. <br /><br />The black border and stitching between the squares is a good solid frame that suits the fabric tiles and brings out the black accents in some of the pieces.<br /><br />I find this very pleasing to look at. And I hope you know how nervous it makes me to say all of this stuff out loud! <br />mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556867473316439509noreply@blogger.com