| Farmington Valley Quilt Festival 2008 Art, Craft, Tradition October 4th & 5th, 2008 Simsbury, Connecticut |
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| Barbara Barrick [McKie] resides in Lyme, CT in the solar home she designed and built. In 1998 she designed and built the joint studio that she shares with her sculptor husband, Jim. She has studied and explored many kinds of arts and crafts, and her home reflects her interest in photography, fiber art, stained glass, painting, and pottery. A professional quilt artist in the 1970's, she was also owner and designer of a bridal gown manufacturing company. More recently she served as an automation consultant specializing in personal computers and computer graphics, an interest she carries into her art quilts, which often feature computer fabrics featuring her photographic images. In the past fifteen years Barbara has concentrated on fiber art and jewelry. Her art quilts and wearable art have been juried into many national and international quilt and art quilt shows including Quilt National ’99 and Crafts National ’97 and the cover quilt for “Edge to Edge”, an art quilt juried show at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. In 2001, two pieces were selected by the Museum of American Folk Art to be among the 15 selected from an international competition, and for Materials Hard and Soft at the Denton Arts Center, Fiber Directions 2001 at the Wichita Art Center, and Fantastic Fibers at the Yeiser Center for Art. Among her prizes is the 2001 “Best of USA” at the World Quilt Show. She was a designer for the Fairfield Fashion Show for 1999 and the Bernina Fashion Show for 2004 and again in 2006. Her beadwork has appeared in Ornament Magazine. Copyright 2008 by Barbara Barrick McKie, all rights reserved. |
| The Batik and the Iris by Barbara Barrick McKie Copyright 2008 by Barbara Barrick McKie, all rights reserved. |
Invitational Quilts:
Barbara Barrick McKie
Barbara Barrick McKie
