Above Us

Above Us  2015   reverse side of  the air becomes cloth

silk,cotton, cotton and silk threads, quilted with reverse of hand embroidery
81 inches high, 40 inches wide

turning the air to cloth

turning the air to cloth  2015
linen, cotton, silk, procion mx dye, block printing ink, cotton and silk threads
batik, block print,completely hand stitched (hand construction, hand embroidery, hand quilting, hand quilting with embroidery
81 inches high, 40 inches wide (detail of hand embroidery shown above)

Birds in flight astound us when, moving in unison, their fleeting crosses darken the sky.
Suddenly they are gone and it's blue eternity again.

Exhibition:  In the spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of seven
July 23 - August 7 2016 at the Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island

Time Passes Over the Earth

Time Passes Over The Earth    2015
silk rayon velvet, plant dyes, bamboo batt, backed with wool gauze, cotton and silk threads
hand pieced and hand  quilted
24.5" h x 20'5"w

What it FEELS like to live on Manitoulin Island.

Exhibition Record:
2016  My Corner of The World: Canada
          Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford Ontario, a SAQA exhibition (Studio Art Quilt Association).
          Michela Fitzsimmons; juror, Bethany Garner; co-ordinator
          Toured until 2018
2018  Available through David Kaye Gallery Toronto Ontario
2019  Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul exhibition at One Sky gallery, Sudbury month of April
2019  Available through Guildworks Bloomfield Ontario

self hug

self hug   2015  silk thread hand embroidery

self hug   2015   vintage monogrammed linen pillow case, silk thread, hand embroidery

self hug 2015 and gathering myself 2009, feel better installation

exhibition record:

2023:  included in Judy's solo exhibition Stardust, up for the entire summer at the Gore Bay Museum
2015:  P0P FOLK Textiles at la galerie du nouvel ontario, Sudbury, Ontario, Sophie LeBlanc curator
(They were part of Judy Martin's larger feel better installation which included 75 bundles and an interactive area where participants could wrap their own bundles)

2010:  Convergence at Tom Thomson gallery, Owen Sound Ontario  (juried exhibition) 

2010:  Be Safe My Love (solo exhibit)  Greenwood Quilt Gallery, Guelph, Ontario 

three moons

Three Moons  15" wide, 40" long, 2015,  silk charmeuse, indigo dye,  hand stitch resist and hand stitch with silk thread.(detail above)

Three Moons, 40" x 15", 2015   silk, indigo, stitch resist

Three Moons detail, 2015

Beginning With Time

Beginning With Time: Day  78" x 90" (198 x 228cm) 2015  re-purposed wool blankets and blanket cloth, wool yarns, silk velvet, plant dyes and procion mx dyes.
Reverse applique, seed stitch, all by hand

Beginning With Time: Night  78" x 90"  2015  re-purposed wool blankets, cotton velveteen, wool yarns, alpaca roving, silk velvet, plant dyes and procion mx dyes. Reverse applique, couching, seed stitch, all by hand.

This is a two sided piece.  Both sides are the right side.
Created for the exhibition Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder
which was curated by Gloria Hickey and Philippa Jones.

Exhibition Record:

Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder, Craft Council gallery, Devon House, 59 Duckworth Street, St. John's Newfoundland.   March 21 - April 25 2015.  The exhibition includes 20 contemporary fibre artists, most from Newfoundland.

Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder, Woody Point Discovery Centre in Gros Morne National Park, May 1 - October 16, 2015.  part of  Fibre Arts Newfoundland October 14-18.

Perspectives from Here  Thunder Bay Art Gallery   June - September 2017 in celebration of Canada's 150th birthday.  Artists in this exhibition were all connected to the north western region of Ontario.  Judy Martin was born in Fort Frances.

Beginning With Time is in private collection and was loaned for these exhibitions.