Far Away Stars, detail
velvet, silk, cotton, natural dyes, cotton thread, hand quilted to two layers of wool 2024
233 x 132 cm or 91 x 52 inches
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| Far Away Stars: Full view |
This
piece was started around 2011 when I was teaching myself about natural
dyes. What you see here are my small beige learning experiments that I made
while using plants from my yard. The
fabrics are joined together in horizontal rows. Since those first days, I have added more three-dimensional horizontal tucks to catch your eye
and that refer to the horizon line.
The horizon line is our constant friend that gives a place to
look beyond and enter a reverie.
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| Cloudy Day, full view |
Cloudy Day, cotton and velvet shapes attached with cotton and wool thread to the wool backing cloth.
Hand stitched and hand quilted. 233 x 132 cm or 91 x 52 inches 2024
Cloudy Day is a surprise on the second side of this quilt.
It is one of my two-sided quilts.
There is a horizon line on this side too.
In progress for 13 years, Far Away Stars / Cloudy Day had its first public showing in 2024 in the UK at the Festival of Quilts. Part of the solo exhibition: Softer and Dreamier
This two-sided quilt was then part of Quilts = Art = Quilts at the Schweinfurth Art Centre, Auburn New York from October - January 2025
