Work samples

  • Fortress
    Fortress
    Art quilt 30x40" $1,400. All fabric. Made using fused applique and heavily quilted Outside of here, there Are hills and streams, fields and sky. Walls come at a price
  • RitterJoyceJ Old Gas Pump.jpg
    RitterJoyceJ Old Gas Pump.jpg
    "Old Gas Pump: Acceptance" 30x40" Art quilt $1,400 All fabric, fused and turned edge applique, heavily quilted. No longer needed She stands beside the road Resplendent in rust.
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    DSCF3726.JPG
    Gold and Green: Glow 24x36" Donated Art quilt featuring pieced Mariner's Compass (large circle) and pieced and/or appliqued smaller circles. Background technique: improvisational piecing. Materials: commercially available fabrics (including cotton, silk, metallic and dance fabric) batting, thread. Mounyed on canvas for easy hanging
  • Ritter Joyce J. Petunias.jpg
    Ritter Joyce J. Petunias.jpg
    Petunias: Determination 28x22" $850.00 Art quilt combining fused and turned edge applique. Materials include cotton, silk, polyester. Pieces was sandwiched with a backing and batting and then heavily quilted. Mounted on a canvas for easy hanging.

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About Joyce

Howard County
​If my DNA were to be analyzed, there would probably be threads wrapped around my genes.  I come from a long line of Lithuanian tailors and seamstresses. I started by making traditional quilts but moved into the art quilt/mixed media realm in 2010.  People respond to fabric -- it is familiar and tactile and warm -- but what I value most about fabric is its versatility.  It can tell so many stories, so many feelings.

​I have a BA from Notre Dame of Maryland with a major in English… more
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Joyscapes

This series is a fabric interpretation of photos I have taken.  As each piece was created, a haiku formed ... telling me what the piece was saying to me.

These pieces were created over the last two years. I used a combination of fused and turned edge applique to create them and quilted them heavily to re-inforce the textures of the images.
  • RitterJoyceJ Crepe Myrtle.jpg
    RitterJoyceJ Crepe Myrtle.jpg
    Crepe Myrtle: 30x40" All fabric Method: fused applique Materials: commercially available cotton, silk, polyester fabrics Heavily quilted. Note veining on leaves at bottom...all quilting. No computer was used in the creation of this wok.
  • RitterJoyceJ Fortress.jpg
    RitterJoyceJ Fortress.jpg
    Art quilt 30x40" $1,400.00 All fabric with heavy quilting. Outside of here There are hills and streams, fields and air. Walls come at a price.
  • RitterJoyceJ Precarious.jpg
    RitterJoyceJ Precarious.jpg
    Precarious 30x40" $1,170.00 3-Dimensional are quilt. Quilt featured fused and turned edge applique and heavy quilting. Materials include a variety of fabrics, wire and other support materials to push rock pile away from background. Precarious Together we built Cairns as solid as pebbles, As fragile as dreams.
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    • Joyful Gardens

    This is a series of quilts featuring flowers.  All have been made between 2017-2018.  Again, as the pieces were created, a haiku formed, revealing what the quilt wanted to say.
    • Ritter Joyce J. Petunias.jpg
      Ritter Joyce J. Petunias.jpg
      Petunias: Persistence $850.00 Art quilt constructed with commercial fabrics such as cotton, silk, etc. Technique: fused and turned edge applique. Petunias: Persistence "Insignificant" They called her, "Ordinary." Still she persists.
    • RitterJoyceJ RedLily.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ RedLily.jpg
      "Red Lily" 30x40" $1,400.00 Art quilt constructed of commercial fabrics such as cotton and silk. Construction method: fused and turned edge applique.
    • RitterJoyceJ Amaryllis.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Amaryllis.jpg
      "Amaryllis: " 30x40" $1,400.00 Art quilt constructed using commercially available fabrics such as cotton and silk. Method: fused and turned edge applique.
    • RitterJoyceJ Beacon.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Beacon.jpg
      "Beacon" 30x40" $1,400.00 Art quilt constructed of commercially available fabrics such as cotton and silk. Method: fused and turned edge applique.
    • RitterJoyceJ Black Cala Lily.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Black Cala Lily.jpg
      Black Cala Lily: Confidence 28x36" $850.00 Constructed of commercially available fabrics such as cotton and silk. Heavily quilted and mounted on a canvas for easy hanging. Black Cala Lily: Confidence Her sinuous lines and curling petal earns stares. She sees and then smiles.
    • RitterJoyceJ Bromeliad.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Bromeliad.jpg
      Bromeliad: 30x24" $850.00 Constructed of commercially available fabrics such as cottons and silk. Technique: fused and turned edge applique. Heavily quilted and mounted on a canvas for easy hanging. Bromeliad The plants core is cupped To capture rainfall and dew. Closed hearts can't catch joy.
    • RitterJoyceJ Petunia.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Petunia.jpg
      Morning Glory: Faith 30x40 Sold. Constructed of commercially available fabrics such as cotton, satin and transparent silk to create illusion of translucence. Technique: fused and turned edge applique and mounted on a canvas to ease of hanging. Morning Glory: Faith Despite the darkness She lifts her head and sings out: Good morning, Glory!
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    • Golden

    We all have names (nouns) but it is our actions (verbs) that say who we are. The pieces in this abstract series are a combination of gold and one other color. Each is named with a word that is both noun and verb.
    • RitterJoyceJ Gold&White. Glow.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Gold&White. Glow.jpg
      Gold and White: Glow 30x40" Sold A combination of gold metallic fabrics including lame, dance fabric and ribbons and white fabrics, mostly satin and silk. Heavy quilting.
    • RitterJoyceJ Gold&Brown. Reach.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Gold&Brown. Reach.jpg
      Gold and Brown: Reach 36x28" Sold The background is pieced with appliqued circles and trees. The trees are made of approximately 7 different leathers. The piece is heavily quilted.
    • RitterJoyceJ Gold&Green. Bloom.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Gold&Green. Bloom.jpg
      Gold and Green: Bloom 36x28" Sold A classic Mariner's Compass is paired with simpler pieced and appliqued circles on a field of leaves. The background is a technique known as improvisational piecing.
    • RitterJoyceJ Gold&Silver. Dance.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Gold&Silver. Dance.jpg
      Gold and Silver: Dance 30x40" $850.00 This quilt is completely pieced -- each of the hundreds of pieces is seamed to those around it. It is heavily quilted and featured mainly metallic fabrics.
    • RitterJoyceJ Gold&Purple Shelter.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Gold&Purple Shelter.jpg
      Gold and Purple: Shelter 30x40" $850.00 The large gold curve is pieced and then appliqued onto the background of appliqued curved pieces.
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    • Play

    In an effort to improve my skills, I take as many courses as possible.  When funds are available I go to the Quilt Surface Design Symposium in Columbus, Ohio. I generally take two course but if I am flsh I maytake as many as 4 classes.  The techniques I study nmay not apply to the work I am currently involved in, but I believe my work improves from being exposed to other expressions. The quilts in this section are experiments with techniques that I have studied.
    • 1222161214-1-1.jpg
      1222161214-1-1.jpg
      Autumn Leaves Sold This piece was an exploration of complex piecing using highly unusual fabrics in quilting.
    • RitterJoyceJ canvas abstract.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ canvas abstract.jpg
      Zion Sky $700.00 First step: paint three canvases one color each grading from dark to light Second step: mark canvases using various tools, brushes, stamps, etc. Third step: slice canvases imto small pieces and sew into an image/abstract form Fourth step: quilt
    • RitterJoyceJ Coinage.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Coinage.jpg
      Coinage 16x20" $350.00 Hand painted silk, singed edge, metal working, couching, quilting
    • RitterJoyceJ Pathways.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ Pathways.jpg
      Pathways: 16x20" Sold Improvisational piecing featuring silks and cotton batiks.
    • RitterJoyceJ. Leaves.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ. Leaves.jpg
      Leaves 16x20" Lost in first Ellicott City flood. Improvisational piecing.
    • RitterJoyceJ. The Windy Day.jpg
      RitterJoyceJ. The Windy Day.jpg
      The Windy Day 10x10" $120.00 Hand painted cotton, trapunto, heavy quilting
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