Velda Newman

Tempat: Nevada City

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Velda Newman is a contemporary American quilter from Northern California, specializing in close-up depictions of the natural world. Common subjects for her quilts are flowers, fruit, and fish. Newman has received numerous national and international quilting awards, including her quilt 'Hydrangea' being listed as one of 'The 20th Century's 100 Best Quilts'. She is known for her large scale, mostly organic designs, and her quilts are panoramic yet intimate, monumental microcosms assembled from the materials of fiber arts. Natural forms such as flowers, fruit, fish, and seashells are common subjects in her work.