Details of work from 12 Freeform artists, see the work in full here
Every year the memebers of the International Freeform Crochet Guild participate in a challenge to create a work of freeform art around a certain theme. The end result is an online art exhibit and a printed book. Thanks to a post over on Stitch Lily I found out that the most recent challenge, to create freeform crochet pieces inspired by music and art, is complete and ready for viewing.
7th Annual Freeform Challenge
This is the seventh year of the International Freeform Crochet Guild Challenge. The previous six themes, which you can look at online, were:
- 2006: Sixty Odd
- 2007: Earth Air Fire Water
- 2008: Through Our Eyes
- 2009: Four Seasons
- 2010: Somewhere in My World
- 2011: Mythologies, Stories and Fairy Tales
For 2012 the theme was Inspired: Music and Art in Fiber. The idea was to interpret a piece of music or art in freeform including at least some knit or crochet in the final piece.
Freeform art inspired by Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Zoey Daws
You can visit the work of each of these artists on the website. It is also all collected in a book that is now available through Blurb for about $30.
The 48 Freeform Artists
Art Chair by Denise Royal inspired by Munch’s The Scream
48 artists participated in the 2012 challenge:
1. Akua Lezli Hope
2. Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten
3. Barbara Pretzsch
4. Barbara Wunder Hynes
5. Bonnie Pierce
6. Bonnie Prokopowicz
7. Brigitte Sieber
8. Cyra Lewis
9. Daiva Kairyte Houston
10. Denise Royal
11. Fermin Coronado
12. Frances Covey
13. Gayla Lau
14. Gwen Blakley Kinsler
15. Jude Butterworth
16. Karen Stevens
17. Kathie Cureington
18. Kesam Katz
19. Leslie Abbott
20. Leslie Nelle-Urinyi
21. Liz Keltie
22. Liz Taylor
23. Loren Gaggini
24. Lou Bor
25. Lynn Berry/Margaret Knight
26. Lynne M Mack
27. Lynda Morgan
28. Margaret Moore
29. Melba Vincent
30. Mitsuko Tonouchi
31. Nancy LoVecchio
32. Nanette M Sarquiz
33. Noreen Crone-Findlay
34. Orla Breslin
35. Paulette Jones
36. Pauline Tonkin
37. Perry Lowell Bent
38. Pirkko Vega
39. Prudence Mapstone
40. Rita Summers
41. Sharon Maher
42. Stefanie Spikell
43. Suzanne Barr
44. Tia M M Hegstad
45. Tonya Wilson
46. Valerie Halcrow
47. Veronica Smith
48. Zoey Daws
I’ll be honest; I only know the work of a handful of these artists, like Gwen Blakley Kinsler and Prudence Mapstone. But I can’t wait to learn more about all of the others!
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