Nancy Bardach, Art Quilt Designer & Creator
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The Fish in the Sea 4

The Fish in the Sea 4

2018 Size: 11.5”h x 17-20” wide. Price: $450

A batik with a look of schools of fish inspired this series. The Fish in the Sea 4 is reminiscent of a boat shape.

Three of the Fish in the Sea series were created for my solo show at Bay Quilts in March, 2018.

The Fish in the Sea

The Fish in the Sea

2016 Size: approx. 13” x 13” Price: $450

Sleek, silhouetted sardines flash by underwater.

Be Fruitful and Multiply

Be Fruitful and Multiply

2016 Size: 10" x 7" (intended for framing)

Created to travel in SAQA's new national trunk show (2017-19). The trunk shows circulate for 3 years throughout SAQA's venues for education, critiques and discussions.

Reflections: Glass and Teak Railing, Shipboard

Reflections: Glass and Teak Railing, Shipboard

2010      Size: 12"h x 12"w                             Price: $300.

Brilliant white reflections in glass guard railings on a ship, Alaska-bound.  Late afternoon light in Vancouver Harbor, with teak leaning rail crossing through the image.

Juried into "Reflections" at Gallery 21, Spanish Village, San Diego and in "Little Works" at Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.                

Dialogue

Dialogue

2023 Size: 12” x 12” Auction donation to SAQA

Hand quilting, piecing, circles of dialogue.

Cabernet

Cabernet

2016    12" x 12"      An abstract evoking the colors and fluidity of a glass of Cabernet.  Hand-stitched highlights.               SOLD

Tipsy 2

Tipsy 2

2018 Size: 12 x 12 inches Price $175

Design elements, “falling down” shape, and eccentric embroidered lines make up this image.

Come Hither

Come Hither

2016 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250. Simply piecing three monochromatic fabrics together created fiery coloring, a narrative, and strong movement. Bleaching black fabric pulls forth underlying dyes.

Materials: Shibbori dyed fabric, printed cotton, and jersey; machine pieced and textured. “Come Hither” was exhibited at Visions Art Museum, in a show called “Day of the Dead” 2019.

Dawn at the Farm

Dawn at the Farm

2018 Size: 19”h x 16”w Price: $300

Imagery and colors evoke ancient clash between machinery and nature. Morning light - at dawn.

Tomatoes 1

Tomatoes 1

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250 Cottons.

Three Pomegranates

Three Pomegranates

2017 Small 12 x 12 inch composition

Tomatoes 2

Tomatoes 2

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250 Cottons.

Pears

Pears

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250

Vote for Women

Vote for Women

2019 Size: 30”high x 20”wide. Takeoff on an old Suffragette poster, brought up to date for all our elections.

Circus 2

Circus 2

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 12

Circus 12

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 5

Circus 5

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 15

Circus 15

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 3

Circus 3

2017 Size: 11” x 11” Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 6

Circus 6

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 4

Circus 4

2017 Size: 13”h x 9”w Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 14

Circus 14

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 17

Circus 17

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 18

Circus 18

2017 Size: 11” x 11” Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 11

Circus 11

2017 Size: 12” x 13” Price: $200

Circus 13

Circus 13

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 8

Circus 8

2017 Size: 12”high x 11”wide Price: $200

 SOLD

SOLD

Dynamism

Dynamism

2011          Size: 12" x 12"                                       Price: $250  

Movement is in the process--- assemble and piece colors, select parts for interest and excitement; then piece a whole design again--- creating a dynamic composition.

Whiskey Sour

Whiskey Sour

2016         Size: irregular (maximum 21"h x 16"w)        Price: $300.

Lively abstract with brilliant chartreuse parachute cloth highlights.    

Vibrations

Vibrations

2014 Size: 12” x 12” SOLD. Hand dyed silks and cottons with spotlights shining out of the fabrics are composed to enhance the repeating 'motif'. The light has a pulsating quality. The eccentric stitching patterns in many colors add vibes of electricity.

Rift Valleys

Rift Valleys

2014     Size: 10"h x 7"w          SOLD.

Living in earthquake country makes me very aware of geological rifts, especially the ones that look volcanic. Cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted.

Silk and the City

Silk and the City

2016 Size: 16" x 17"w Cotton and silk, pieced, machine quilted. SOLD.

Pomegranates II

Pomegranates II

2016 17” h x 10” w SOLD.

A dancing cluster of pomegranates, painted by one artist, Judy Bianchi, and composed into this design by another, Nancy Bardach.

Abode

Abode

2016 Size: 15"h x 17"w SOLD.

Design featuring a building or mesa-like shape against a sunset sky.

Materials: cottons, some with "gold leaf" highlights, and batiks; machine-pieced and -quilted.

Stack

Stack

2016   Size: 12” h x 11” w.                Pieced silks, cottons, one hand-dyed and hand-printed.                SOLD.

Atmospherics

Atmospherics

2016        Size: approx. 15" x 17"      Fog over San Francisco Bay, looking towards the Marin County headlands.                 SOLD.

Dream House

Dream House

2014   Size: 15"h x 12"w    SOLD.

Pomegranates 3

Pomegranates 3

2017

SOLD.

Circus

Circus

SOLD.

The Fish in the Sea 4

2018 Size: 11.5”h x 17-20” wide. Price: $450

A batik with a look of schools of fish inspired this series. The Fish in the Sea 4 is reminiscent of a boat shape.

Three of the Fish in the Sea series were created for my solo show at Bay Quilts in March, 2018.

The Fish in the Sea

2016 Size: approx. 13” x 13” Price: $450

Sleek, silhouetted sardines flash by underwater.

Be Fruitful and Multiply

2016 Size: 10" x 7" (intended for framing)

Created to travel in SAQA's new national trunk show (2017-19). The trunk shows circulate for 3 years throughout SAQA's venues for education, critiques and discussions.

Reflections: Glass and Teak Railing, Shipboard

2010      Size: 12"h x 12"w                             Price: $300.

Brilliant white reflections in glass guard railings on a ship, Alaska-bound.  Late afternoon light in Vancouver Harbor, with teak leaning rail crossing through the image.

Juried into "Reflections" at Gallery 21, Spanish Village, San Diego and in "Little Works" at Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.                

Dialogue

2023 Size: 12” x 12” Auction donation to SAQA

Hand quilting, piecing, circles of dialogue.

Cabernet

2016    12" x 12"      An abstract evoking the colors and fluidity of a glass of Cabernet.  Hand-stitched highlights.               SOLD

Tipsy 2

2018 Size: 12 x 12 inches Price $175

Design elements, “falling down” shape, and eccentric embroidered lines make up this image.

Come Hither

2016 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250. Simply piecing three monochromatic fabrics together created fiery coloring, a narrative, and strong movement. Bleaching black fabric pulls forth underlying dyes.

Materials: Shibbori dyed fabric, printed cotton, and jersey; machine pieced and textured. “Come Hither” was exhibited at Visions Art Museum, in a show called “Day of the Dead” 2019.

Dawn at the Farm

2018 Size: 19”h x 16”w Price: $300

Imagery and colors evoke ancient clash between machinery and nature. Morning light - at dawn.

Tomatoes 1

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250 Cottons.

Three Pomegranates

2017 Small 12 x 12 inch composition

Tomatoes 2

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250 Cottons.

Pears

2018 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $250

Vote for Women

2019 Size: 30”high x 20”wide. Takeoff on an old Suffragette poster, brought up to date for all our elections.

Circus 2

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 12

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 5

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 15

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 3

2017 Size: 11” x 11” Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 6

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 4

2017 Size: 13”h x 9”w Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 14

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 17

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 18

2017 Size: 11” x 11” Price: $200

My art quilt collages pieced with a French fabric make up a series of 18 circus pieces. The French artist Niki de Phalle created works that looked a lot like the circus characters. I found the themed fabric in Paris, and its resemblance to her work is obviously an homage to her images. Her sculpture includes the very colorful Stravinsky Fountain at the Pompidou in Paris.

Circus 11

2017 Size: 12” x 13” Price: $200

Circus 13

2017 Size: 12” x 12” Price: $200

Circus 8

2017 Size: 12”high x 11”wide Price: $200

SOLD

Dynamism

2011          Size: 12" x 12"                                       Price: $250  

Movement is in the process--- assemble and piece colors, select parts for interest and excitement; then piece a whole design again--- creating a dynamic composition.

Whiskey Sour

2016         Size: irregular (maximum 21"h x 16"w)        Price: $300.

Lively abstract with brilliant chartreuse parachute cloth highlights.    

Vibrations

2014 Size: 12” x 12” SOLD. Hand dyed silks and cottons with spotlights shining out of the fabrics are composed to enhance the repeating 'motif'. The light has a pulsating quality. The eccentric stitching patterns in many colors add vibes of electricity.

Rift Valleys

2014     Size: 10"h x 7"w          SOLD.

Living in earthquake country makes me very aware of geological rifts, especially the ones that look volcanic. Cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted.

Silk and the City

2016 Size: 16" x 17"w Cotton and silk, pieced, machine quilted. SOLD.

Pomegranates II

2016 17” h x 10” w SOLD.

A dancing cluster of pomegranates, painted by one artist, Judy Bianchi, and composed into this design by another, Nancy Bardach.

Abode

2016 Size: 15"h x 17"w SOLD.

Design featuring a building or mesa-like shape against a sunset sky.

Materials: cottons, some with "gold leaf" highlights, and batiks; machine-pieced and -quilted.

Stack

2016   Size: 12” h x 11” w.                Pieced silks, cottons, one hand-dyed and hand-printed.                SOLD.

Atmospherics

2016        Size: approx. 15" x 17"      Fog over San Francisco Bay, looking towards the Marin County headlands.                 SOLD.

Dream House

2014   Size: 15"h x 12"w    SOLD.

Pomegranates 3

2017

SOLD.

Circus

SOLD.

The Fish in the Sea 4
The Fish in the Sea
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Reflections: Glass and Teak Railing, Shipboard
Dialogue
Cabernet
Tipsy 2
Come Hither
Dawn at the Farm
Tomatoes 1
Three Pomegranates
Tomatoes 2
Pears
Vote for Women
Circus 2
Circus 12
Circus 5
Circus 15
Circus 3
Circus 6
Circus 4
Circus 14
Circus 17
Circus 18
Circus 11
Circus 13
Circus 8
 SOLD
Dynamism
Whiskey Sour
Vibrations
Rift Valleys
Silk and the City
Pomegranates II
Abode
Stack
Atmospherics
Dream House
Pomegranates 3
Circus