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Giselle has been a stitcher and crafter all her life, and a serious Art Quilter for about fifteen years. She is a professional horticulturist, as well, and enjoys creating quilts depicting tropical rainforests. Giselle teaches advanced machine art embroidery and quilting techniques, and was the Cat Crafts contributing editor to CATS Magazine for over three years.
On a visit to Puerto Vallarta in 1996 she met the painter/sculptor
Tellosa through a mutual friend. She instantly fell in love with
the vibrancy of his paintings, and envisioned them executed as
art quilts. Giselle and Tellosa began collaborating in 1997, with
Tellosa creating sketches and paintings for Giselle to interpret
in her quilt medium. Giselle brought the first fruits of this
labor to Vallarta in early 1998 for a premier showing in Tellosa's
studio gallery, Bezan.
It seems that both artists are cat lovers, and cat images appear
in most every quilt, although sometimes it's not obvious at first
glance. Giselle enjoys quilting with a wide diversity of materials,
from artist-dyed fabrics to imported Balinese batiks and hand-dyes,
to commercial conversation print fabrics. Exotic threads, yarns,
and bead embellishments are lavish and colorful.
Tellosa was born in Tacambaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Raised in Guadalajara, he spent five years in California during his childhood. He also lived in London, England for 17 years and traveled extensively through Europe during that time.
His work includes painting and mixed media collage, bronze and steel sculpture, jewelry, and more. Tellosa has exhibited in Guadalajara, Mexico City, London, Zurich, Adelaide, Melbourne, New York, and Puerto Vallarta.
"Threads of Conversation"
March 8 - July 11, 2010
Opening reception January 20, 2-6pm
University House, Issaquah, WA
"Beyond Convention"
January 16 - April 5, 2010
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
"Zarzuela"
January 17 - February 28, 2008
Opening reception Friday, January 18, 5 – 8 PM in the Sky
Light Gallery
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
"Peripheral Visions"
December 7-29, 2007
Depot Arts Center, Anacortes, WA
"And The Stitch Goes On"
October 31, 2007 - January 6,
2008
Opening reception November 3, 2007, 1-4pm
Edmonds Historical Museum, 118 - 5th Ave. N., Edmonds, WA 98020
"Coming of Age"
January 18 - March 26, 2007
Opening reception January 20, 2-6pm
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
"Uncommon Threads"
October 1 - November 30, 2006
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle
"Quilt.Fiber.Art"
April 28 - May 31, 2006
Washington Center for Performing Arts, Olympia, WA
"Northwest Fine Arts Competition"
October 7 - 28, 2005
Phinney Center Gallery, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
"Giselle y Tellosa Art/Quilt
Collaboration"
October 1 - November 30, 2005
Edmonds Conference Center, 201 - 4th Ave N, Edmonds, WA 98020.
"Piece de Resistance: Batik Quilts"
April 7 - June 19, 2005
New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St., Lowell, MA 01852
"Fiber Art Latin Style: Tapestries
by Pachi Lecourt, Máximo Laura, Zósimo Laura, Cerapio
Vallejo; Quilts by Giselle Gilson Blythe and Tellosa"
December 30, 2004 - January 25,
2005
Onda Arte Latina/Cross Currents Gallery, 2215 NE Alberta Street,
Portland, OR 97211
"New Dimensions in Fiber"
November 10th - December 10th, 2004
Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, 12000 SW 49th Avenue,
Portland, OR 97219
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