{"id":3253,"date":"2012-12-27T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:30:13","slug":"alyson-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/alyson-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Alyson Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/alyson-fox\/quilt4_alysonfox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"697,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quilt4_alysonfox\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox-298x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3257\" alt=\"quilt4_alysonfox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt4_alysonfox-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I think it&#8217;s fair to say that I have an obsession for triangles, so these drawings from <a href=\"http:\/\/alysonfox.com\/site\" target=\"_blank\">Alyson Fox<\/a> are like candy to my eyes! In this series titled\u00a0<em>Quilts<\/em>, Alyson combines marker, paper and watercolor drawings to form these pleasing designs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/alyson-fox\/quilt5_alysonfox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"770,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quilt5_alysonfox\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox-300x272.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3258\" alt=\"quilt5_alysonfox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox.jpg\" width=\"554\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt5_alysonfox-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/alyson-fox\/quilt3_alysonfox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"770,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quilt3_alysonfox\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox-300x272.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3256\" alt=\"quilt3_alysonfox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox.jpg\" width=\"539\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt3_alysonfox-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt2_alysonfox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/alyson-fox\/quilt2_alysonfox\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt2_alysonfox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quilt2_alysonfox\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt2_alysonfox-231x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt2_alysonfox.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3255\" alt=\"quilt2_alysonfox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/quilt2_alysonfox.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"700\" 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In this series titled\u00a0Quilts, Alyson combines marker, paper and watercolor drawings to form these pleasing designs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,155],"tags":[545,37,125,1874,546],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-drawing","tag-alyson-fox","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-drawing","tag-quilt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-Qt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2981,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/13\/alyssa-pheobus-mumtaz\/","url_meta":{"origin":3253,"position":0},"title":"Artist: Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"December 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Utilizing simple geometric forms and a limited color palette, artist Alyssa Pheobus Mumtaz creates a stunning array of drawings by applying acrylic and dye to handmade papers. 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