Join us for the artistic stylings Lily Marie Mueller.

LILY MUELLER

I make large scale quilted installations that are influenced by architecture, optical illusion, color, psychedelia and music. I grew up in a house influenced by 60’s and 70’s visual and music culture. My father is an architect and I grew up watching him remodel and paint the interior of our house unusually bright colors. The way he remodeled interiors, inspired me to think about space in whatever way I wanted. In my quilts, I am able to create imagined spaces and make them a reality, not only for myself but also for the viewer.

I build abstract compositions through piecing together brightly colored fabrics to resemble architectural spaces. My process starts by establishing a contrasting and loud color palette. After finalizing my color choices, I start hand dyeing fabrics that create visual vibration. I have found that dyeing my own colors kicks off the excitement of starting a new project. After the fabric is dyed I place the pieces according to my vision. Once I have a composition pieced, it undergoes the process of quilting. The work transforms into a quilt by sewing together three layers of fabric. The top piecing, quilt batting and back piecing. This brings an extra element of line work to the composition.