Guardian of the North Woods
Guardian of the North Woods
Textile
20" by 16"
Hand Quilted
Char Wirfs
The challenge was issued is 2016 to local artists by Good Bean Coffee of Jacksonville, Oregon: Create an angel using your media. I machine pieced 4 log Cabin blocks in colors of an Alaskan midnight and joined them to form the background.
The angel, trees, bear, and star were hand appliquéd to the background. Finally I embroidered her unruly hair using chain stitches. She requested red hair, more on the strawberry blond hews.
It hung in the Good Bean Coffee angel show with thirty other pieces. Then it took a turn being displayed in the Members Gallery at Rogue Gallery Art Center in Medford, Oregon. Soon after that, it was air-lifted to
Denali National Park and Preserve
where you may catch up with it there.
Ask Denice if you can see it.
Here is the angel I made for the 2017 Good Bean Coffee Display
Angel of Hope
Textile
11" by 14"
Hand Quilted
Char Wirfs
This little lady was inspired by another quilter. Since hanging out with several other angels last December at Good Bean Coffee Angel Show, Hope stays connected to my wall at home in Jacksonville, Oregon. Every now and then she gets displayed in a local quilt show or gallery. This is the disguise she wears in public to spread Hope without being noticed. I wonder what she really looks like...
Hope has been shown at
Good Bean Coffee, Jacksonville, OR
Berryman Gallery at Rogue Valley and Art Center Medford, Oregon
Art Presence Art Center
Jaksonville, OR
Hope has been re-homed in a private collection.
