dena dale crain's art quilt portfolio
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Dena Dale CrainTextile Artist
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What follows is the output of one textile artist who has worked in many formats, some of which served as the foundation for patchwork quilt
design classes taught since 2002 in the USA, Australia, France, England, Kenya, Canada, Kuwait and South Africa, as well as online for Quilt
University and now QuiltEd Online.
Throughout the works presented here are commonalities of style and presentation leading to a conclusive series of work called
Redefinitions. This series falls back to the origins of fabric patchwork as it explores the use of freehand and controlled cutting and piecing
coupled with accenting linear elements and dense quilting.
Amongst all pieces, two fabrics prevail - silk and cotton - sometimes augmented with synthetic fancies. Many fabrics were hand painted,
dyed, stamped or stenciled by the artist. Most piecing and quilting was done by machine, although instances of decorative or functionally
required hand work can be found. Most beading was done by hand.
Conceptual in theory, these works raise patchwork quilting to the level of fine art.
For more information, contact Dena Dale Crain.
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Redenitions Most recent work
Many pieces made of silk
Exploring basics of patchwork
Importance of linear elements
Dense free motion quilting
Mindful embellishment
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Path Less Traveled
41 x 41 Silk (Sold)
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On the Slant 26 x 33
Silk
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Gee Whiz! 40 x 41
Silk
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Snakes & Ladders 41 x 46
Cotton (Sold)
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Urban Africa 34 x 38 Cotton
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City Sidewalks 30 x 43
Silk
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Tropical Rain 40 x 34 Cotton
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Desert Sands 30 x 34 Silk (Sold)
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Joyful Noise 43 x 21
Silk
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Kenyanese Checkers 27 x 27
Silk
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Spirit Works Surrealist from the unconscious mind
Autobiographical
Whole, or modified whole, cotton cloth
Quilted by hand or machine
No prior design or sketch
Painted with dyes or heat-set acrylic fabric paints after quilting
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Hearts Aflutter 24 x 28 Unframed
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Moon Dance 13 x 13 (Sold)
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The Eyes Have It 28 x 36
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Transition 23 x 21
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Diamond in the Rough 12 x 12 (Sold)
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Fingertips 31 x 35 (Sold)
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Mystery 29 x 42 (Sold)
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Terminal - Smoking May Be Hazardous 23 x 38 (Sold)
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Dar2ed Quilts Gradation palettes
Raw edge piecing with machine darning stitches
Shapes cut from a single constructed background, shifted and reset to maximize contrast
Background/foreground definition
No prior design or sketch
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Bubbles I 62 x 18 Cotton
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Bubbles II 27 x 30 Cotton
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Bubbles III 31 x 38 Cotton
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Autumn Revisited
27 x 27 Cotton
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Camera 17 x 21
Silk
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Cr7stal Quilts Motion of symmetry: reflection
Intuitive tessellation
Many pieces made from silk
Machine pieced, machine quilted
No unnecessary seams
Break with traditional block quilts
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Jewel of Africa 58 x 47,
Silk
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Valentine Special 25 x 19 Unframed
Silk
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Victoria I and Victoria II 26 x 22 and 24 x 20, Cotton & Silk
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Emerald 58 x 44
Silk
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All That Glitters 26 x 22
Silk
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Fantasy 27 x 21
Silk
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Desig2er Pinwheels Fourfold rotation of a right triangle
Intuitive tessellation
Automatic focal point
Great movement
No unnecessary seams
Machine pieced, machine quilted
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Calligraph 12 x 12 Silk (Sold)
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Fractures 27 x 27
Silk
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Humdinger 21 x 21 Cotton
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Tick Fever 27 x 27 Cotton
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Lilac & Clover 36 x 36
Cotton (Sold)
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Poinsettia 32 x 32 Cotton
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Finite Desig2s Abstract or realistic art quilts
Inspiration from earthly and inner landscapes
Full range of techniques and materials
No unnecessary seams
Most work done by machine
Many hand painted, printed, stenciled or dyed fabrics by artist
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The Future is Now
79 x 19 Silk (Sold)
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Le Grand Dieu 35 x 72 (Stolen)
Cotton
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Les Animaux 35 x 72 (Sold)
Cotton
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Les Girafes 35 x 72 (Stolen)
Cotton
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Greenhouse Windows 48 x 46
Cotton (Sold)
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Primal Scream 62 x 46 Cotton
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Green Cheese Communications
47 x 40 Cotton
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Jua Kali 79 x 31
Cotton (Sold)
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St=>ct>red Fabrics Constructed checks, plaids and stripes
Simple compositions using complex materials
Preliminary design sketches not required
Rich surface texture
All pieces made from cotton fabrics
Mindful embellishments
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Doorway to Africa 60 x 42
Cotton (Sold)
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Conversation Piece 79 x 36
Cotton (Sold)
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Shadowboxing 48 x 36 Cotton
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TV Blues 42 x 27 Cotton
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Dena Dale Crain
Dena Dale Crain is an American textile artist, designer, teacher and author who has lived in Kenya for nearly 25 years. Her artwork has sold from exhibitions,
commissions and consignments. She now owns
QuiltEd Online
offering specialized online art quilting classes to students around the world.
Images in this presentation under copyright protection; all rights reserved.