i’m jealous of amy ahlstrom
So there I was, enjoying a coffee and cranberry scone while writing posts for the coming week, when the work of Bay area based artist Amy Ahlstrom arrived in my inbox {I love it when that happens}. Apparently, I also love it when quilts and street art become BFFs. Amy, aka The Urban Quilter, mixes the grit of the street, with the softness of fiber art. The result is “a visual love letter to an urban neighborhood or city”… in quilt form. Fantastic, no?
{FYI: “Amy’s quilts will be appearing LIVE at a.Muse Gallery in the Mission starting June 9th. 614 Alabama St. SF. To get an invite go to: http://www.yourmusegallery.com and press contact.” Thanks for the info a.Muse!!}
this is aMAZing oooooo i love
I’m jealous too.
These quilts are just fantastic! I love how contemporary they are, but still completely accessible. And, they’d make you nice and warm and snuggly on a couch!
Bawhat? This is awesome! I totally recognize all the signage she’s using from my hood… and one of those stencils looks like one from one of my best friends. What the hay?
Beautiful! I would love to have one of those hanging on my walls. I doubt I could bring myself to cuddle with it and ruin it with coffee stains.
very cool! yes, a lot of her imagery is taken from neighborhoods/streets in san francisco (that’s where you are, right?)
So fantastic, what a great and unexpected mix of styles, I love them.
Yes, and I just showed my friend and it is her! How wild. She made that stencil years ago and put it all over town. How funny…
I remember seeing her work in, I think, apartment therapy a few years back and falling completely in love, thanks for showing this, I had forgotten her name, now I won’t
jesse lu… which stencil is it?
Amy’s quilts will be appearing LIVE at a.Muse Gallery in the Mission starting June 9th. 614 Alabama St. SF. To get an invite go to: http://www.yourmusegallery.com and press contact.
If you like them on-line, you should see them in person. They are yummy.
perfect! thank you for that!
It’s the stencil of the girl’s face. My friend made that stencil of her own face. his is just too funny. Can’t wait to see the work in person in June.
wow – that is very cool! and yes, now you absolutely have to go and see it in person!!! is your friend going too?! That would be crazy for Amy to meet her!
Wanted to invite everyone to Amy’s show: Sampled Layers of Meaning: Urban Quilts by Amy Ahlstrom, on Thursday, June 18th at a.Muse Gallery. http://www.yourmusegallery.com. Hope you can make it.
Thanks Lori… I’ll be sure to tweet about it closer to the date as well!
I believe you mean “envious,” rather than “jealous.”
yes i do… but i prefer how “the jealous curator” rolls off the tongue ; )
fyi : http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/about/