Mary Felder Art - Art Quilts, Mixed Media Collages, Photographs

Un Touche of Rose "Un Touche of Rose" is on display at the St. Tammany Art Association Gallery in Covington during the Three Rivers Art Festival.  I created four pieces in this series.  They are hand painted fabric, quilted, and canvas wrapped.  Each piece is 12" by 12". Contemporary Fiber Artists of Louisiana will hold its November meeting in Covington and then attend the festival.  I will be conducting my last meeting as president.  It has been an honor to serve as president for the last four years.  I am looking forward to new leadership and new ideas and experiences.  I wish the best to the incoming officers.

Snapshot of "Jubilation" "Jubilation" was part of the Festival of Awareness exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in October 2015.  This photo is a section of the quilt.  "Jubilation" will travel with the exhibit for a year.  I hand dyed the fabric and free motion quilted it.  Then I painted, sewed, and beaded the flowers.  "Jubilation" was created in celebration of my father's life.  All the flowers in and around our home came from the forests and fields.

"Silver Sea" I donated "Silver Sea" to the SAQA Benefit Auction for 2015.  It was inspired by my love of the seas and the oceans.  We were unable to travel when I was a child, so I never saw the ocean till I was 16.  I was mercerized!  Much of my work centers around this theme.  The silver embellishments represent the treasures the seas protect.  I am surrounded by my art pieces and my shells which remind me of the awesome beauty found in nature.

American Lotus Circle of Life "American Lotus" was created for the Quilt the Swamp exhibit at Bluebonnet Swamp Center in Baton Rouge, LA during January 2015.  Michael Young was the curator.  The theme this year was metamorphosis.  I grew these flowers and photographed them.  The piece shows the American Lotus from bud to empty seed pod.  The background is my hand dyed fabric.  The photos are printed on cotton and silk organza.  It is mounted on stretcher bars.  This piece was also juried into the Brush with Burden exhibit at the Burden Garden Center, a part of LSU Rural Life grounds in March of 2015.

Butterfly Dance In 2014, my quilt "Butterfly Dance" was published in Larks' 500 Traditional Quilts .  Then  it was chosen as one of 150 quilts to be exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston.  "Butterfly Dance" was then chosen to be a part of a smaller exhibit at the Texas Quilt Museum in LaGrange, Texas in March of 2015 . Below is a close up of a section of the quilt.

FOUND One of the challenges for my Fiber Exploration Group was to use found objects.  I used scrap fabric, metal shavings from my husband's shop floor and left over beads to create "Found". "Found" is 8" by 10" and is a black metal frame that measures 11" by 14".  

Last year I invited the chairman of the Louisiana Northshore Quilt Trail to visit my Livingston Parish Quilt Guild. We were asked by the Denham Springs Main Street Association to create two blocks for the city.  My guild designed one based on an original ceiling tile from the Historical Old City Hall.  We used the traditional courthouse step pattern on the outside.  It was painted by local artist Paulette Ferguson and Denham Springs High School art instructor Virginia Berthelot.  It was dedicated on July 16, 2013 with a reception by the Denham  Springs Main Street Association.  Here is a photo of the Historical Old City Hall block. We invited the students of Denham Springs High School art instructor Virginia Berthelot to design a block for Train Station Park.  The Denham Springs Main Street Association chose a design by Bryce Richard.  He painted the block and it was dedicated on July 16, 2013.  Pictured are Louisiana Northshore Qui...