Andrea Finch
Artist Statement
Once a traditional flat quilter, my work has left the surface, now sculptures that taunt the viewer to reach out and touch. My garden, as it changes through the seasons, is the inspiration for my work. Starting with botanical forms of leaves, flowers, or weeds, reducing the designs to abstract forms, finding the essence of the structure. I create art to show aspects of the natural world that starts conversations about saving our natural world.
I use all textiles, new and vintage quilting fabrics, repurposed quilts, reclaimed textiles, and decorator samples diverted from landfills. Viewing my wall of collected textiles, pieces catch my eye, bringing color, texture, or pattern to my art. Each piece is a unique collection of hand-cut fabrics, stitched together with liberal use of thread by dense machine quilting through multiple layers of fabric and batting, that form the stiffness to defy gravity to create the desired shape.
In my work, I save memories, preserve the environment, and create art that is accessible to everyone. Art that makes you smile in a world that can be so bleak. I am creating a whimsical garden of flowers and vessels with ties to my family and community.
Portfolio
Magnolia Grandiflora III: Resurrected
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$8998
Receptaculum IV: Arbores unus
Quilted Textiles • 2024
$578
Gold Finch & Echinacea Vessel
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$1498
Receptaculum X: puer universum integro Arisaema triphyllum (A Boys World Recreated Jack-in-the-Pulp
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$2478
Verdant, Viridis partum & Azure Aqua II
Quilted Textiles • 2025
Receptaculum VI: Iris sibirica disseminated
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$1278
Whitewashed series: Human. Kind?
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Whitewashed series: Mine?
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Echinacea laevigata II
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$778
Magnolia XI: Dark Elizabeth
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$1289
Azure Aqua II: Blue Waters
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$778
Cirsium vulgare: Bull Thistle Vessel
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$2498
Magnolia Grandiflora III Resurrected
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$8998
Magnolia Grandiflora V: Fitzgerald the Seed pod
Quilted Textiles • 2019
$1289
Magnolia Grandiflora VI: Zelda the Flower
Quilted Textiles • 2019
$1289
Echinacea paradoxa VI: Kismet Yellow
Quilted Textiles • 2022
$1289
Echinacea VI: FireFinch (ignis Fringillidae Universum)
Quilted Textiles • 2024
$3989
Echinacea purpurea XI: Silver on my Mother in law’s tablecloth
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$1278
Cirsium vulgare: Bull Thistle
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$10989
Echinacea purpurea XII: Industria
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$1278
Taraxacum officinale: Curls IV
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Taraxacum officinale: Curls V
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Taraxacum officinale: Curls VI
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Echinacea laevigata I
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$778
Echinacea laevigata II
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$778
Echinacea VII: Mellow Yellow
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$989
Magnolia Grandiflora III: Resurrected
Quilted Textiles
$8998
Magnolia Grandiflora V: Fitzgerald the Seed pod
Quilted Textiles
$1289
Magnolia Grandiflora IX: Zelda Unleashed
Quilted Textiles
$1289
Magnolia X: Jane
Quilted Textiles
$978
Echinacea purpurea I
Quilted Textiles
$1278
Echinacea purpurea XI: Silver on my Mother in law’s tablecloth
Quilted Textiles
$1278
Echinacea paradoxa VI: Kismet Yellow
Quilted Textiles
$1289
Echinacea laevigata I
Quilted Textiles
$778
Echinacea laevigata II
Quilted Textiles
$778
Helianthus annuus III: sella usus operarius apis
Quilted Textiles
$7889
Oak Leaf Vessel I: Rubrum Albus Quercus
Quilted Textiles • 2023
$989
Quercus Falling Leaves II: White Oak Leaves in Red
Quilted Textiles • 2019
$1289
Whitewashed Series: Uncle Sam Divided
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$1298
Whitewashed Series: Uncle Sam Under Fire
Quilted Textiles • 2026
Whitewashed Series: Uncle Sam Torn Asunder
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$1298
Gold Finch & Echinacea Teapot
Quilted Textiles • 2026
$1498
Blue & White Sweetbay Magnolia Teapot and teacups
Quilted Textiles • 2026
Fool’s Gold
Quilted Textiles • 2025
$378