Quilt Artist - Author - Lectures - Workshops
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Biography
A prize-winning quilter, Joyce R. Becker focuses her
art, writing, teaching and lecturing on landscape quilts.
Joyce's books, Beautifully Embellished Landscapes &
Luscious Landscapes, Simple Techniques for Dynamic Quilts were
published by C&T Publishing. Joyce's DVD, Joyce Becker
Teaches You Landscape Quilting, is informative, educational, &
entertaining. Feeling blessed to have such a creative profession;
Joyce volunteers throughout the quilting community and is one of the
founding board members of the Association of Pacific Northwest Quilters.
Many articles authored by Joyce have been published in national quilting
magazines. Joyce was a featured guest on the Home and Garden
Television Network's "Simply Quilts," episode #834. She also
appeared on episode #113 of a new PBS series, "M'Liss's World of
Quilts". She recently taped a promotional video for the Tsukineko
Company. Her quilts have been displayed internationally in
contests and invitational exhibits and have appeared in books, magazines
and on television. An article by Joyce was published in
Quilting Arts Magazine in the fall of 2004, Page 88; "Expand you
Horizons - Landscape Techniques". Joyce's lively sense of
humor and positive attitude result in lectures and workshops that
inspire, inform and entertain quilters as she travels throughout the
world. Joyce teaches and lectures throughout the United States for
guilds and large conferences, such as the International Quilt Festival
in Houston, TX, and has also traveled to New Zealand, Hawaii, and Canada
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Artist Statement
Drawing on my life-long love of nature, my
prize-winning landscape quilts encompass a variety of surface
design techniques imparting realism. While researching my
book, Nature's Patterns, published by the Quilt Digest
Press in 1996, I became enamored by landscape quilts and my creative
journey began. I study nature as though I am looking through the
lens of a camera, setting up possible landscape scenes in my mind for
future reference. My inspirations come from many sources
including; photographs, greeting cards, photography books, calendars,
and impressionistic artist, Claude Monet.
My art is accomplished using many techniques including
my original "cut and glue" technique of raw edge machine appliqué,
textile painting, stamping, sponging, dyeing, extensive machine
embroidery and thread-work, three-dimensional bonding, overlays of tulle
and polyester organza for shading and depth. Each landscape is
completed using free-motion machine quilting that compliments the design
and marries the three-layers together into a cohesive piece. My
books, Beautifully Embellished Landscape & Luscious Landscapes,
Simple Techniques for Dynamic Quilts and my DVD, published by
C&T Publishing, celebrate my methods of creation and feature both my
quilts and student work. |
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Beautifully Embellished Landscapes
by Joyce R. Becker
125 Tips & Techniques to Create
Stunning Quilts
C & T Publishing
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You won't
believe the realistic effects you can achieve in your
next landscape quilt!
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Amazing
variety of techniques includes paints, markers, stamps,
photo printing and artwork, threadwork and lace, sheer
overlays and Angelina fibers, and so much more!
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Create
realistic special effects for water, reflections, skies,
snow gardens, and buildings.
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Great ideas
for landscape-inspired gifts including greeting cards,
photo transfers, and small quilts.
Spectacular results are
within your reach, when you try the techniques developed by
landscape expert Joyce Becker. Play like a kid in
kindergarten: special paints, fibers, and tools are easy to
find and fun to use. Over 200 photos and illustrations
for inspiration, plus 8 complete projects.
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Joyce Becker Teaches You
Landscape Quilting DVD
125 Tips &
Techniques to
Create Stunning Quilts
C & T Publishing's
At Home With The Expert DVD Series
Work at your own pace!
Includes a Studio Tour,
Interview,
and Quilt Gallery in addition to:
- Everything you
need to know for gorgeous landscape quilts.
- Share Joyce's
best ideas - when
and where it's convenient for
YOU!
- Techniques and
embellishments
anyone can do - even beginners.
- You'll love
Joyce's friendly
encouraging style.
- 60 + minutes.
Share Joyce's best ideas for landscape
techniques and embellishment.
Click
here
for a video sampler |
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$ 19.95 (ISBN#1-57120-408-3)
1-800-284-1114 US or
925-677-0377 International
www.ctpub.com or at your
local quilt shop. |
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$ 24.95 (ISBN#1-57120-194-7)
1-800-284-1114 US or
925-677-0377 International
www.ctpub.com or at
your local quilt shop. |
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Luscious
Landscapes
by Joyce R. Becker
Simple Techniques for Dynamic
Quilts
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- Joyce teaches
fun, step-by-step
techniques for creating richly
embellished scenes from nature.
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Join Me
On a New England Quilting Cruise
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August 13 - 22, 2009 !!! ~
Have you always
wanted to go on a quilting cruise?
Pack your bags, because I'd love to have
you join us on the 2009 Quilt Camp at
Sea's Cruise for a Cure, sponsored by
the Quilter Magazine. This nine-night
New England Cruise leaves Baltimore,
Maryland on August 13, 2009 with stops
in Portland, Maine, Bar Harbor, Maine,
St. John, New Brunswick, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Boston, Massachusetts returning
to Baltimore on August 22th. In
addition to my workshop and lectures,
there will be presentations and
autograph sessions with special guest P.
Buckley Moss and Earlene Fowler.
This cruise has star-studded line-up of
quilting instructors, including; Karla
Alexander, myself, Roxanne Carter, Mimi
Dietrich, Janet Bottroff, Anita Mahoney;
Kathy Scott, and Lisa Stewart.
There will also be lectures with Roxanne
Carter, myself, and Mimi Dietrich.
This is a fundraising cruise on behalf
of the Breast Cancer Research
Foundation, so put out the word to all
your quilting pals! We will be
sailing aboard the Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line's Grandeur of the Seas.
For more information, contact Pat Tobin
at Quilt Camp at Sea, 360-455-9926,
e-mail:
quiltersalaskancruises@comcast.net.
The web site is full of helpful
information and gives details on
instructors and workshops:
www.quiltcampatsea.com |
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Listen to
Joyce on the Radio! |
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This is an interview with Joyce on June 11th
on “Quilting With Rosie Radio” on WS Radio – Rosie is Rosie
Gonzalez from Rosie’s Quilting Cupboard in San Diego, CA.
Joyce will be doing another interview on July 30th
at 11:00 a.m. with
Rosie on “Quilting with Rosie Radio”: – Listen live on the
internet! Just Goggle “Quilting with Rosie Radio” and click
on the audio button. |
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Happenings
You'll notice I've added a few more
quilts to my gallery, tossed in some new photos in "Fun Stuff" and have
added a calendar link so you can see where and when I'll be teaching and
lecturing in your area.
As we speak, I'm getting ready to
jet off to Hawaii with my husband, Donald for our annual fun in the sun
vacation. We stay at Bellows AFS (a military recreation facility)
on Oahu in little cottages very close to the beach. We are lulled
to sleep by the pounding surf and wake to the sounds of the birds
chirping in the "woods" nearby. This yearly vacation is a time for
us to totally get away from the rat race, take long walks on the beach,
read, swim, and basically do nothing! With my red hair and fair
skin, I load up on #50 sunscreen and sit in the shade, but love the warm
tropical breezes and relaxing environment. This vacation always
revitalizes me, sparking my creative juices to get busy and make more
quilts! My camera is always nearby to capture incredible scenes.
After some bookings in March, we
set sail on a nineteen-day Panama Canal Cruise with the Quilt Camp at
Sea group on Holland America, where I will be teaching a Tropical
Adventure workshop. This trip truly is a dream of a lifetime
and something I would never get to experience without quilting.
The workshop sample, Tropical Adventure, is a kit workshop.
The quilt Camp at Sea group offers many quilting cruises - check out
their web site at
www.quiltcampatsea.com for all the quilting cruise opportunities.
I am also looking forward to APNQ's
QuiltFest, August 8th, 9th, and 10th held at the Convention Center in
Seattle, Washington. As a founder and former board-member of this
organization, I am so proud of our regional judged and juried
event every other year. I will be presenting a lecture on August
8th, taking a workshop from Diane Gaudynski on August 9th, and seeing
the show on August 10th. If you have the opportunity to come to
Seattle and see this exhibit, do it! It is my absolute favorite
national show and it captures the true essence of Pacific Northwest
Quilt artists. For more information, go to
www.apnq.org.
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Joyce R. Becker
Photo:
Peggy Barkle
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Other notable events
this year, I will be the Featured Artist for the
Leavenworth Quilt Guild Show in Leavenworth, WA in
September, a Guest Teacher at the Gig Harbor Quilt
Festival in October, fly to Georgia and Alabama for
several concurrent bookings in November, and will teach
at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX this
fall again.
Nothing is more
satisfying than to see the "light bulb" of creativity go
on with my students, and then see their beautiful
finished projects. I travel world-wide to teach
and lecture. If your group is interested in a
booking, feel free to "cruise" my web site and then
contact me at
JBecker3@hotmail.com. Specifics are included on this
web site, including workshop and lecture choices.
If you've taken my workshops, please, please, please,
keep on sending me photos of your finished landscapes.
Until next time ...
Fondly,
Joyce
R. Becker
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On Life...
Words do not begin to
express the joy quilting and writing brings to my spirit. When
students discover a new found capacity for creativity, it brings me full
circle, complete and whole.
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This page was last updated on
06/28/08
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