I chose the quilt the top with straight lines to mirror the stark geometry, but then switched to concentric arcs in the face and eye sections to soften the more human aspects of the image. I didn't quilt over the appliqued pieces, choosing instead to quilt in the ditch until I reached the next section of straight lines.
The quilting is obvious from the back, where I used a small blue (elder?)berry print gifted to me by my sister. You can also see that I added an integrated hanging loop (stitched into the binding) because out of all the quilts I've made this is the most likely, in my opinion to work equally as well as a decorative and functional item.
Since my original post about this quilt I've decided that it doesn't feel quite right to refer to this quilt as inspired by Ikko Tanaka, since I essentially unmodified his design during the translation from poster to fabric with the exception of using a slightly smaller circle (because my plate/template was that size), a solid pink rather than a gradient and in changing the regularity of the grid through the inclusion of curved quilting. But then again, I'm not sure how else to refer to the source except as my inspiration.
I've been thinking a lot recently about copyright as it pertains to modifying someone else's original work and transforming it into a quilt (for another example see my recent fox quilt) and even after reading up on the subject I'm still not entirely clear about the legality of who would actually own the rights to the image on, and therefore images of, this quilt. I am pretty certain that I couldn't sell a pattern based on another person's original design, not without a minimum of credit for the original design or better yet permission from the original designer or their estate, but could I display in a quilt show, or sell the quilt, as a one-of-a-kind creation by me? What are your thoughts?
No thoughts about the copyright (it gives me a headache), but gorgeous quilt!!!
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