Black and White

The paper cutout project got me to thinking about contrast. I am used to working with contrast in quilting—many times patchwork patterns are relatively high contrast, so that the design can be seen. Recently, a couple of quilting friends and I were experimenting with Notan, which uses only black paper cut out and placed on a white background. We worked out some paper designs, but I think that some of these could be worked out as applique patterns, or perhaps stamps or stencils to create surface designs. Tessellations are another concept that I would like to play around with, with both paper and fabric.