Field of Light, linen and silk, hand dyed, hand pieced, hand quiltted. There is a velvet border, also hand dyed and hand quilted with big thread.
Field of Light was started during the winter of the pandemic, around Christmas 2020. The small squares of fabric were pinned to the living room wall as they were cut out. Once the colour way was decided, the artist stitched them together using the nine-pach method and then each section was pinned up again to maintain the design.
The reverse side of Field of Light is lightweight silk woven in India, and sent to Judy from Italy by an artist who was declutering her studio. The material and these gorgeous colours were a gift.
The title, Ourselves Immortal, comes from the poem Spring Song, by Canadian poet Al Purdy,
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| detail of Field of Light |
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| detail of Ourselves Immortal |
Field of Light had its premier showing in Toronto of 2026 at the two person exhibition of Judy Martin and her daughter, April Martin at the Craft Ontario gallery. The exhibition was entitled Earlier and Later.
Measurements: 207 x 203 cm or 81.5 x 80 inches, 2026
The first four photographs of this quilted textile are by Nick Dubecki, and the last one is by Jocelyn Reynolds / Craft Ontario.
