Bidwell

Bidwell
measurements:  66.5 inches high x 53 inches wide  (169 x 135 cm)
An original design inspired by the rural emptiness of the fields and sky of the artist's childhood and current daily surroundings.   The drawing (above) done with French knots refers to the blackbirds that circle over the quiet roads.  Bidwell Road connects Eastern Manitoulin to the centre of the Island.

Materials:  Cotton with bamboo batt
Techniques include pieced half square triangles, reverse applique, tucks, and hand embroidery.
Quilted by hand.

Exhibition Record:

October2017: The Cloud in Me exhibition, David Kaye Gallery,  Toronto
July 2018:  In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven,
                   Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin island.
October and November 2018:  Be Emptier, solo exhibition
                   World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
April 2019:  Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul, solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario

in private collection 

my open heart

My Open Heart  2017
58 inches wide by 48.5 inches high or 147 cm x 123 cm
wool with plant dyed silk, silk and wool threads, hand stitched

The circle in a square represents the inner self.  (Carl Jung)

Be sparser

Be emptier

I use a lengthy amount of time and touch

they are gifts for my viewer

Exhibitions:

2017:  The Cloud in Me,  David Kaye Gallery Toronto Ontario solo exhibition
2018:  Be Emptier, World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario, solo exhibition
2019:  Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul, One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario, solo exhibition
2019:  sold into private collection through Guildworks in Bloomfield Ontario

The Cloud In Me

The Cloud In Me
2017  organic cotton and woman's handkerchief, silk and silk-velvet reverse applique, couching and stem stitch embroidery with silk thread, hand quilted with cotton thread, bamboo batt, linen backing
60" high and 69" wide

Exhibition record:

2017:  solo exhibition the Cloud In Me at the David Kaye gallery in Toronto
2018:  solo exhibition be emptier at the World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
2019:  showed at Guildworks in Bloomfield Ontario
2020:  available through Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island Canada

2022:  entered private collection in the USA

Earth and Air

 

Earth and Air   2017  plant dyed wool, linen damask, machine and hand constructed, hand stitched
94 inches high x 82 inches wide  (238 cm h x 208 cm w) 

Exhibition record;

a key piece for Judy's solo exhibition "The Cloud In Me" at David Kaye Gallery in the Queen West area of Toronto, month of October 2017.
included in Fibreworks at the  Queen Square Gallery in Cambridge, Ontario, October 2018

Earth and Air is currently in the collection of the artist, available for purchase.

Basic Goodness

 Basic Goodness
stitch resisted cotton, procion dye, silk and cotton threads
hand stitched

36 inches high x 35.5 inches wide or 92 cm h x 90 cm w
2017

Exhibition record:

Basic Goodness is one of the seven new pieces created for Judy Martin's solo exhibition in October 2017 at the David Kaye Gallery, Toronto.
It is now in private collection.

Click on The Cloud In  Me, to see images and descriptions of the entire exhibition.
October 5 -29  2017  David Kaye Gallery, Toronto

witnesses

Witnesses  (Ironing Stories)

three felted vintage ironing pads, one aluminum cloth cover
wool threads, velvet
hand stitched
2017

Only one exhibition so far:

Hard Twist 12:  Yarn,   Gladstone Hotel , Queen Street West, Toronto Ontario
fall of 2017 

Prayer Flag For Canada

 Prayer Flag For Canada   2017   57 inches wide x 90 inches high   (145 cm x 228 cm)

vintage women's handkerchiefs, red threads, handkerchief linen, wool dyed red

Premier exhibition in Gore Bay Museum's exhibition for Canada's 150th birthday celebration entitled Prayer Flags For Canada. The entire community was invited by Nicole Weppler, the curator of the museum,  to create more traditionally sized prayer flags and approximately 150 are the result.  Judy Martin was invited to create a large prayer flag.

Gore Bay Museum at Harbour View Centre throughout the summer (June 23 - October 5) and also outside the museum proper.

Some of the red threads bled.  The artist chose to leave this detail as a metaphor for women and for Canada's history.

photographs in this post by Sudbury photographer, Nick Dubecki.

My Light Green Heart

 My Light Green Heart    22.5" wide and 29" high  (57 x 74 cm ), 2017  old linen damask, procion dyes, cotton and wool threads,  Tucked, stitched and quilted by hand

how she submitted, 

loved,

loved her interior world

her interior wilderness

the primal forest inside her where among decayed tree trunks

her heart stood

light green

Rainer Maria Rilke

(using the female rather than male pronoun)

Exhibitions

2017:
Craft Ontario 17
1106 Queen West Toronto

Perspectives From Here   Northwestern Ontario artists about Canada 150
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Thunder Bay Ontario

2018:
January 11 to March 30
Quest Art High Craft Juried Exhibition
Midland Ontario
AWARD  (second place)

2019:
Perivale Gallery summer season, sold into to private collection