By "less dense," I was thinking fewer lines of quilting, spaced farther apart. Doesn't have to be dramatically less dense; trust your artistic judgment.
I suppose regarding the nautilus shell, I'm too literal-minded. It's a deep sea dweller. While it hunts for its food in "less deep" waters, I *believe* the only time it comes into actually shallow waters is for reproduction. The other thing (being quite literal-minded, still) is that your nautilus is on its side, which is how we're able to recognize it, but in life the nautilus has "countershaded" shell, meaning that underneath it's lighter so that when seen from below it blends better with the lighter environment above it; and it's darker on top, so that when viewed from above it's not so apparent against the darker background of the depths beneath it. It's in the best interest of the living nautilus to stay either hidden or more or less upright (as it presumably is while on the move.) I don't know how often nautilus shells are seen in water so clear and shallow (and presumably still) that we can see the botton, but I'd assume the creature would be dying or dead, because it's on its side. But the work is *your* artwork and can be anything you like. I'm just explaining why I've assumed the shell is on the sea bottom, but the bottom very close to a sandy beach in paddling-depth water, very clear, and with a mild, clear, sunny day to go beach combing. H'mm...both too literal-minded and too imaginative at the same time, perhaps...?
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Re: Quilting Water Ripples
Date: 26 Feb 2011 04:22 pm (UTC)I suppose regarding the nautilus shell, I'm too literal-minded. It's a deep sea dweller. While it hunts for its food in "less deep" waters, I *believe* the only time it comes into actually shallow waters is for reproduction.
The other thing (being quite literal-minded, still) is that your nautilus is on its side, which is how we're able to recognize it, but in life the nautilus has "countershaded" shell, meaning that underneath it's lighter so that when seen from below it blends better with the lighter environment above it; and it's darker on top, so that when viewed from above it's not so apparent against the darker background of the depths beneath it. It's in the best interest of the living nautilus to stay either hidden or more or less upright (as it presumably is while on the move.) I don't know how often nautilus shells are seen in water so clear and shallow (and presumably still) that we can see the botton, but I'd assume the creature would be dying or dead, because it's on its side.
But the work is *your* artwork and can be anything you like. I'm just explaining why I've assumed the shell is on the sea bottom, but the bottom very close to a sandy beach in paddling-depth water, very clear, and with a mild, clear, sunny day to go beach combing.
H'mm...both too literal-minded and too imaginative at the same time, perhaps...?