Material Matrix with Sandra Bruce

Sandra Bruce brings us her “Material Matrix” lecture on May 21, 2024. Her technique was inspired by painter Chuck Close. It involves using a gridded photograph and interpreting each 2-inch square into fabric, using piecing to achieve the effect. She will present an overview of the evolution of Material Matrix and how it works, along with her colorful visual journey that brought her to this technique.

For more information visit Sandra’s lecture page here.

About Sandra Bruce:

Sandra Bruce was born in Richmond, VA to deaf parents. Raised to believe she could do anything she put her mind to, she was never discouraged from being an artist. Sandra started sewing at age 8 on her mother’s treadle sewing machine and she has not stopped since. She took her first official quilting class in 1990 and she has been forever hooked.

Sandra has been an illustrator and letterer for 35 years and started her quilting business in 2010. She feels that quilting on her long-arm, named Dixie, is doing what she’s done all those years but with a different tool. She comes to us from Grass Valley where she lives with the partner of 40 years, Gary.

You can read more about Sandra here.