"Rhythmic Weave" Artwork

Barbara Danzi is a Brooklyn-born, Los Angeles–based textile artist who creates colorful, abstract, wall-hung quilts that explore the relationship between human-built structures and the natural environment. She has won numerous awards including Best in Show and Outstanding Abstract Design. Her art is in the Stewart and Lynda Resnick collection, Kaiser Permanente, and other private collections.
She uses an improvisational technique of freehand cutting solid-colored fabric, then arranging the pieces on her design wall, moving them around until the composition is dynamic and compelling. She sews the pieces together with a sewing machine. Barbara then layers the quilt with batting and backing fabric and stitches through the three layers to create texture. The edges ar.e bound or faced to create a finished edge and a sleeve is sewn on the back which holds a wooden slat for hanging.