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The works of award winning quilt artist -and TQS favorite- David Taylor are on display at the Steamboat Art Museum in Steamboat Springs, CO May 28 through October 17, 2010.  TQSWizard Lilo attended the grand opening and will be reporting back with behind the scenes info you will only see on TQS. To learn more about David's exhibit -as well as a great mention about TQS!- read the article by Mike Lawrence with the Steamboat Pilot.  Be sure to catch David in Episode #406 "Following the Artist's Process".

Exhibit to showcase Steamboat quilter David Taylor

Taylor’s detailed stitching on display at Steamboat Art Museum

by:  Mike Lawrence  May 28, 2010

Steamboat Springs — A new exhibit at Steamboat Art Museum will put the colorful work of internationally renowned quilter David Taylor under one roof for the first time.

“I’m so thankful for this opportunity,” Taylor said about the exhibit, which opens at 5 p.m. today at the downtown museum where it will be displayed until Oct. 17. “None of my barn animals have been together.”

Taylor said museum president and curator Shirley Stocks approached him about three years ago with the idea of displaying his quilts at Steamboat Art Museum. Taylor’s all-cotton art has won several awards — including two best of shows — at international quilt festivals in recent years.

The 47-year-old Steamboat Springs resident puts extensive, painstaking work into hand-stitching and selecting fabric for his quilts, which often are inspired by photographs. He said an image captured by local photographer Jackie Owen inspired his quilt featuring a rooster. That quilt won best in show at the 2008 International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Taylor also won a best in show at the 2007 version of that festival, for a quilt featuring a hummingbird.

He said the constant travel involved in his career as a quilt artist necessitated extensive preparation for this summer’s show.

“I’ve been planning for three years what to bring back. All my work is always out, somewhere,” Taylor said. “My rooster, he lives in France. I just had an exhibit there.”

A quilt is defined as three layers stitched together, Taylor said. The exhibition will display 20 of the pieces Taylor has created in his 10 years as a serious quilt artist.

Rod Hanna, the museum’s vice president and public relations director, noted that the intent of the show is not to sell the art, but rather to give the artist a venue to showcase his cumulative work.

Taylor and Hanna were at the museum Wednesday morning as quilts were hung for the exhibit. Also on hand was Lilo Bowman, of www.thequiltshow.com, a site about all things quilt-related. A show about Taylor aired on the site in spring 2009, Bowman said. She plans to create an article and slide show about this summer’s show and its Steamboat location. Bowman said the site has more than 50,000 members across 97 countries.

Visitors to the exhibit should be sure to lean forward and look closely at Taylor’s quilts. The intricacies of the stitching and multicolored threads indicate hours upon hours of careful attention to detail.

Taylor said he uses a broad array of thread colors in an effort to reflect reality. The exhibition includes a quilt that uses tan, blue and purple thread in a portrayal of snow, for example.

“Snow is not just white,” Taylor said. “The world is made up of lots of colors.”

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