Category: Colorado Architecture - Buildings and Bridges

Description: Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheatre built into a rock structure in the western United States, near Morrison, Colorado, ten miles west of Denver. There is a large, tilted, disc-shaped rock behind the stage, a huge vertical rock angled outwards from stage right (this is the one I choose to do), several large outcrops angled outwards from stage left and a seating area for up to 9,525. In 1927, the City of Denver purchased the area of Red Rocks; construction of the amphitheater began in 1936 and opened to the public in June 1941. Since then, many notable performances and recordings for film and television have taken place there. The elevation of the Amphitheatre’s top row is approximately 6,450 feet above sea level, and the surrounding Red Rocks Park covers 868 acres. In creating my 12.5" block, I used fabric for the background, Tyvek for the red rock and wire for the seating area. I quilted the block before adding the Tyvek and wires.