Deidre Adams

Energy Study, 16 x 16 inches, acrylic on panel, ©2010 Deidre Adams
Just noticed that it’s been almost a month since the last post, so I thought I should do a quick update. Here’s a painting in spring/summer colors to introduce a tangentially-related topic.
I have a big birthday coming up this year, and I decided what [...]

My work is featured in this month’s issue of Patchwork Professional, a beautiful publication from Germany. The small image left center is mine, a detail of Reflections (full image below). I wonder if my high-school German will be adequate to the task of reading the articles? Hmm, probably not.
The gorgeous quilt on the right is [...]

The 2010 SAQA Benefit Auction is currently in progress. This reverse auction is a fantastic opportunity to purchase textile works made by SAQA members. Bidding started on Monday, so as I write this, the price for work on the first two pages is currently $350, and it drops each day until the final price is [...]

This has been a very busy week. On Sunday, I flew to Ohio for the taping of a segment of Quilting Arts TV. Just because of the way things worked out with flights and timing, I was there for 3 full days to do something that in the end will probably take up all of [...]

Eunice pauses from her work to pose for a picture.
Wow, it’s August already. The summer is flying by, and I’ve been lax in blogging once again. Well, no sense dwelling on failure, the only thing to do is try to make up for it and go forward.
One thing that was notable for me this summer [...]

Colorado Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll and me in front of All the Answers I
There’s so much going on this week, it’s hard to know where to start! Last week, the highlight of the local Denver art scene, at least as far as I’m concerned, was a reception at the Colorado State Capitol for [...]

Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine includes a regular feature called “Art Studio.” I’m the featured artist for the November 2009 issue. I enjoyed writing the copy for it, since the subject is one with which I’m intimately familiar — and I can always use the practice talking about my work. The magazine did a fantastic job [...]

I’m woefully behind in posting this news, but better late than never, right? This wonderful new book by Spike Gillespie profiles 20 art quilters, detailing their stories and working methods, with beautiful photography and layout. I’m honored to have been chosen to be a part of it. It was also really cool to find out [...]

This is a photo of my grandfather. It came from an old square-format negative that was hanging around at my parents’ house for years, stuck in an envelope full of other such miscellaneous pieces of film that had long ago lost association with any known prints. My mother had always wanted to “do something with [...]

Kerr Grabowski, May 2009. Photo by Deidre Adams.
Today’s SDA conference agenda included a variety of lectures and demos related to textile arts. The most inspiring for me today was a demo by Kerr Grabowski, in which she shared her techniques for working with things normally associated with art on paper — like charcoal, graphite, pastels, [...]