Fringed Trapunta Sun Dusk
Pamela Hill

This week I made the annual pilgrimage to The American Craft Council show in Baltimore. The wholesale portion of this show features over 850 leading craft artists working in every possible medium from all over the U.S. For years, it has been the premier show where artists display their newest work to gallery owners and collectors.

Of course, I am always excited to see the work of young artists just entering the field; they manage to challenge us with completely new ways of thinking and seeing. But I am even more satisfied with the continued growth and development of artists I’ve known for years. The very best of those create work that evolves and gets even better with the freedom that comes from knowing a medium intimately.

Pamela Hill, art quilter extraordinaire, is a good example. Pamela has devoted her career to this traditional art form, making quilts that are anything but traditional. She uses the fabric as her canvas. I particularly love her new single-color quilts, which are richly textured with tiny quilted designs. I dream of curling up under one of her art pieces!

These artists, they keep growing and changing. It is an inspiration to us all.