red catalogne

Red Catalogne
48" square when draped, 48 x 60" when extended
jounral paper, vintage damask table cloth, red cotton threads, hand stitching (couching)

The paper is stitched in horizontal rows, similar to the woven strips of used clothing in the French Canadian bed covers called catalognes.  Strips cut from journal pages filled with dreams, lists, thoughts, and phone call doodles were couched to a linen table cloth and form a safety blanket for the interior world.

Exhibition Record:  Fall of 2019,  Hard Twist 14: Entwined Gladstone Hotel,  curated by Chris                                             Mitchell and Helena Frey until January 2020