"The industrial-size device includes a computer interface for creating precise patterns, but he prefers to use it like a pencil and paper, doodling swirls directly onto ice-dyed velveteen. The dye is a recent addition to his process. "You go through these periods when the fabric does the talking or when the design does the talking," he tells me. Currently, the fabric is yelling."
"Soon thereafter, this craft studio - originally intended for painting and ceramics - was completely transformed. Fierstein is now mulling writing a book about what he considers his primary occupation. He first pondered an instructional quilting guide but was told by his agent, "The world doesn't need another." So he's pivoting to the personal: an art catalogue exploring the intention behind each of his 250-or-so pieces."
Harvey Fierstein quilts in a Connecticut studio dominated by a Gammill long-arm machine and prefers freehand quilting on ice-dyed velveteen. Ice dyeing is a recent addition to his materials repertoire. Quilting began as a hobby in 2009 after watching HGTV's Simply Quilts and quickly transformed his craft space originally meant for painting and ceramics. Fierstein plans a personal art catalogue of roughly 250 pieces rather than an instructional manual. Rapid inspiration from moonlit nights and vivid dreams often becomes intricate quilts that translate specific images into textile form.
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