I am so excited that Ann Loveless of Frankfort, Michigan won the first place in the popular vote at ArtPrize 2013. Her landscape "Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore" was done from a photo in northern Michigan. It was fused raw edge appliqué from batiks. I heard comments from people who could not believe it was fabric; they thought it was either a painting or a photograph.
The next is a quilt made from wood! The detail is amazing. Fraser Smith's quilt made it into the Top 10 popular vote. Here's a close-up. See the "stitching"?