Nancy Bardach, Art Quilt Designer & Creator
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Reflections of Heat

Reflections of Heat

2013 40”h x 42”w x 2” deep (gallery framed) Price: $1400.

Red Poppy, yellow light. Reflections and spicy colors. Hand quilted textures create folding blossom petals and ribbed leaves.

A variation on an old pattern known as King Solomon’s Puzzle or Drunkard’s Path. Geometric increases in size govern the shapes as they move outward. Currently traveling in Global SAQA show “Primal Forces_Earth” until 2023.

Magnetic North

Magnetic North

2010 Size: 64"w x 64"h Price: $3500

An abstract 'mariner's compass' like image. Butterfly patch variations (cool colors) assembled around a hot center nine patch, on point.

Shows: Will be in the Portfolio of bed quilts (for sale) at my Solo Show in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (Oct. 4-Nov.27, 2023). Juried into exhibit Q=A=Q, Winter 2010-2011, Schweinfurth Gallery, Auburn NY.

Five A. M.

Five A. M.

2015        Size: 60” h x 40” w         SOLD.                                 

Noise in the City --- 5:00 AM.  Scribbles of sunlight hit the rain-wet streets.

Reinterpretating the traditional pattern --- gigantic teeth of a lumber saw --- I extend its meaning and incorporate expressive light and color. Innovative stitching exaggerates the spikey noise impression.

 

Tone Poem - A Baseball Diamond

Tone Poem - A Baseball Diamond

2013          Size: 57"w x 58"h                                          Price: $3200.

A nine-patch baseball field, clay track, seen from behind (and above) home plate. The crowd is represented by colorful squares on top and bottom. The outfield has grass mowing patterns in Fibonacci proportions, creating a sense of perspective.

 Shows: Will be in the Portfolio of bed quilts (for sale) at my Solo Show in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (Oct. 4-Nov.27, 2023).

 

Tikkun Olam (Saving the Earth)

Tikkun Olam (Saving the Earth)

2020 Size: 48”h x 87”w Price: $2000

Varying the earth’s history and fate over time is an obligation for all of us. Sweeping rivers of dark blue stitchery and machine quilting texture intimate the flow of eons required. The title “Tikkun Olam” is a Hebrew saying counseling us to ‘save the world’ each in our own way.

This piece is a collaboration with fellow artist Cindi Cossen. See Collaborations section of the menu for more information.

Materials: Cottons, batting, texturing machine sewn threads, handwork by embroidery threads.

Shows: appeared in the Osher Marin County Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA, semi-solo show 2021.

Bravo! Brava!

Bravo! Brava!

2018 Size: 41” h x 34” w Price: $900

See SAQA Journal cover (below) for description.

Bravo! Brava!

Bravo! Brava!

2018 Size: 41” h x 34” w Price: $900

This composition appears to be an actor’s mask, winking. Accepting the accolades of the audience and the red bouquets, (s)he smiles. The pattern is based on the traditional "Wagon Wheel' or "Spider's Web", changing up the scale and arrangements of the “spider’s web” motif. Bravo! Brava! has lively motion, suiting the idea of theatrical performances.

Shown in the exhibition Fibre Theatricks (a SAQA regional show) at the Harrington gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Featured on Cover of 2019 SAQA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3.

Bosphorous

Bosphorous

2014 Size: 30”h x 58”w

Patterned but wild, with a hint of oriental carpet.     SOLD (commissioned)

Tumbling Blue

Tumbling Blue

Crib sized    2009              An array of variations on the traditional log cabin, with movement and rhythm added.         Not for Sale.

 

Reflections of Heat

2013 40”h x 42”w x 2” deep (gallery framed) Price: $1400.

Red Poppy, yellow light. Reflections and spicy colors. Hand quilted textures create folding blossom petals and ribbed leaves.

A variation on an old pattern known as King Solomon’s Puzzle or Drunkard’s Path. Geometric increases in size govern the shapes as they move outward. Currently traveling in Global SAQA show “Primal Forces_Earth” until 2023.

Magnetic North

2010 Size: 64"w x 64"h Price: $3500

An abstract 'mariner's compass' like image. Butterfly patch variations (cool colors) assembled around a hot center nine patch, on point.

Shows: Will be in the Portfolio of bed quilts (for sale) at my Solo Show in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (Oct. 4-Nov.27, 2023). Juried into exhibit Q=A=Q, Winter 2010-2011, Schweinfurth Gallery, Auburn NY.

Five A. M.

2015        Size: 60” h x 40” w         SOLD.                                 

Noise in the City --- 5:00 AM.  Scribbles of sunlight hit the rain-wet streets.

Reinterpretating the traditional pattern --- gigantic teeth of a lumber saw --- I extend its meaning and incorporate expressive light and color. Innovative stitching exaggerates the spikey noise impression.

 

Tone Poem - A Baseball Diamond

2013          Size: 57"w x 58"h                                          Price: $3200.

A nine-patch baseball field, clay track, seen from behind (and above) home plate. The crowd is represented by colorful squares on top and bottom. The outfield has grass mowing patterns in Fibonacci proportions, creating a sense of perspective.

 Shows: Will be in the Portfolio of bed quilts (for sale) at my Solo Show in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (Oct. 4-Nov.27, 2023).

 

Tikkun Olam (Saving the Earth)

2020 Size: 48”h x 87”w Price: $2000

Varying the earth’s history and fate over time is an obligation for all of us. Sweeping rivers of dark blue stitchery and machine quilting texture intimate the flow of eons required. The title “Tikkun Olam” is a Hebrew saying counseling us to ‘save the world’ each in our own way.

This piece is a collaboration with fellow artist Cindi Cossen. See Collaborations section of the menu for more information.

Materials: Cottons, batting, texturing machine sewn threads, handwork by embroidery threads.

Shows: appeared in the Osher Marin County Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA, semi-solo show 2021.

Bravo! Brava!

2018 Size: 41” h x 34” w Price: $900

See SAQA Journal cover (below) for description.

Bravo! Brava!

2018 Size: 41” h x 34” w Price: $900

This composition appears to be an actor’s mask, winking. Accepting the accolades of the audience and the red bouquets, (s)he smiles. The pattern is based on the traditional "Wagon Wheel' or "Spider's Web", changing up the scale and arrangements of the “spider’s web” motif. Bravo! Brava! has lively motion, suiting the idea of theatrical performances.

Shown in the exhibition Fibre Theatricks (a SAQA regional show) at the Harrington gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Featured on Cover of 2019 SAQA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3.

Bosphorous

2014 Size: 30”h x 58”w

Patterned but wild, with a hint of oriental carpet.     SOLD (commissioned)

Tumbling Blue

Crib sized    2009              An array of variations on the traditional log cabin, with movement and rhythm added.         Not for Sale.

 

Reflections of Heat
Magnetic North
Five A. M.
Tone Poem - A Baseball Diamond
Tikkun Olam (Saving the Earth)
Bravo! Brava!
Bravo! Brava!
Bosphorous
Tumbling Blue