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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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