Genevieve Guadalupe – Nature #5
Zea mays
My last two quilts for this year are about the agriculture that has adapted to the heat of the Sonoran Desert. Smoik Hu:n or Zea mays is also called Tohono O’ odham 60-day corn. This type of corn is a fast maturing desert-adapted corn traditionally grown with the summer rains in the floodwater fields of the Tohono O’ odham from Southern Arizona. “60-day” refers to the time it takes for ears to develop to milk stage in Southern Arizona if planted with the monsoons rains. Traditionally this variety is roasted and dried when the corn is in the milk stage. This variety is a farm favorite for making fresh corn masa for tortillas.
Materials and technique: cotton fabric, hand dyed fabric, cotton batting, poly thread. Machine pieced background, raw edge applique, machine quilted.
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Very fine work and excellent color combination. The description also helps to understand the subject. love very much
The colours are great as is the corn, you have really captured the form of the plant. Excellent stitching as ever! Lovely work.
Beautiful background colors. The silhouet of the plant is very well done. I love this piece!!
As always, minimalistic but very effective design and fabulous background colors, well done!
Composition, design and colour are gorgeous. Love your work.
Your work is immediately recognizable by its soft and harmonious colours. The silhouette of the plant standing like a Chinese shadow is magnificent.
Very recognizable as your work, minimalistic in a beautiful way in great subdued colors. The silhouet of the plant so nicely placed in the very foreground. Great stitching, lovely work.
What a lovely addition to your nature series. Your color choices work beautifully to showcase the silhouette of the maize against the colorful Sonoran desert. Love it!
A very striking coloured background and a beautiful plant silhouette. The quilting really gives great texture to the design.
A very striking and sharp image of the corn, and the background evokes the desert landscape really well. The stitching is beautifully done. Great work
Wonderful use of color, effective quilting motifs. The use of scale and proportion is striking,
What an informative and beautiful piece of art, perfect!
Gorgeous as usual! I love it.