Tolkien-inspired textile art - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-21-2010, 04:44 AM

Drawings and paintings based on Middle-earth are numerous - now Tolkien is becoming a more popular theme for textile art. I found a gorgeous example today:

This is "Tribute to Tolkien" - a prizewinning quilt by Sue McCarty, machine quilted wholecloth. Don't I wish I could see this in person!! More background information can be found on the Tolkien Society's news page.

narfforc · 10-21-2010, 04:51 AM

Wonderful!!!!!!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 10-21-2010, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

This is "Tribute to Tolkien" - a prizewinning quilt by Sue McCarty, machine quilted wholecloth. Don't I wish I could see this in person!!

I would say: Don't I wish I had this at home

Nay, I think this is exceptionally beautiful. There should be more things like this.

Bêthberry · 10-21-2010, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

There should be more things like this.

I think Estelyn should post a picture here of her own Tolkien-inspired quilt. I "lived" with it while I stayed a week with her--it was up on the wall in the room I had. I prefer its symbolism to the exact details of this quilt. I also prefer its colours.

Faramir Jones · 10-23-2010, 07:50 AM

Thanks for putting up that example, Esty!

I agree with Bêthberry that you should also put up some examples of your own work.

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 10-23-2010, 08:24 AM

That is indeed quite a work of art. I've done quilting myself, and can just imagine the amount of work that went into that tribute! I doff my hat to her!

At the moment, I'm into creating charted needlepoint patterns which I sell through a local needlework shop, and last autumn, I designed my own little Tolkien tribute, which I titled "Stars in Shadows Shimmering." Given the limitations of the kind of design and the audience I'm selling to, it couldn't be very overtly Tolkien, but at least it turned out nicely:

Perhaps when I have a larger collection of designs completed, I can go nuts and come up with something overtly Tolkienish.

Faramir Jones · 10-23-2010, 08:30 AM

That was nice to see, Ibrîniðilpathânezel!

I'd be interested to see any more designs you come up with.

10-21-2010, 04:44 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,645	Tolkien-inspired textile art Drawings and paintings based on Middle-earth are numerous - now Tolkien is becoming a more popular theme for textile art. I found a gorgeous example today: This is "Tribute to Tolkien" - a prizewinning quilt by Sue McCarty, machine quilted wholecloth. Don't I wish I could see this in person!! More background information can be found on the Tolkien Society's news page. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

10-21-2010, 04:51 AM	#2
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,307	Wonderful!!!!!! __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

10-23-2010, 07:50 AM	#5
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	Very lovely! Thanks for putting up that example, Esty! I agree with Bêthberry that you should also put up some examples of your own work.

10-23-2010, 08:24 AM	#6
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 743	That is indeed quite a work of art. I've done quilting myself, and can just imagine the amount of work that went into that tribute! I doff my hat to her! At the moment, I'm into creating charted needlepoint patterns which I sell through a local needlework shop, and last autumn, I designed my own little Tolkien tribute, which I titled "Stars in Shadows Shimmering." Given the limitations of the kind of design and the audience I'm selling to, it couldn't be very overtly Tolkien, but at least it turned out nicely: Perhaps when I have a larger collection of designs completed, I can go nuts and come up with something overtly Tolkienish. __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill

10-23-2010, 08:30 AM	#7
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	Nice to see! That was nice to see, Ibrîniðilpathânezel! I'd be interested to see any more designs you come up with.