my soft jewel heart

my soft jewel heart

cotton, silk, rayon

machine and hand pieced,

hand quilted, framed in shadow box without glass

28.25 " x 27.25" framed size  2019

Perivale Gallery 2019 season

Stardust Exhibition 2023 Gore Bay Museum solo exhibition

Guildworks Gallery 2024 season, entered private collection in Australia. 

Prayer To The Sky

Prayer To The Sky   2019
60" x 64.5"  or 152 x 164 cm
Three layers of wool, dyed with indigo or madder, hand stitched.

 The inner layer of madder-dyed wool is revealed with slashes into the top layer.

Prayer to The Sky side b  2019
three layers of wool, dyed with indigo and madder and hand stitched
the inner layers of madder and indigo tint the transparent back layer of white wool into a dream-like atmosphere.

Prayer to The Sky detail side b 2019

Featured in the Heartwork, Handwork, Homework lecture presented by Miranda Bouchard, Judy Martin and Penny Berens at the SAQA virtual conference held March 2020.

Part of Quilt National 2021, May- September 2021 at the Dairy Barn in Athens Ohio.

Prayer to the Sky hanging in the Dairy Barn, summer of 2021.  This photo sent to me by the Dairy Barn.    Prayer To the Sky sold into private collection in Waterloo, Ontario July 2021.

In 2024, this quilt was loaned for the exhibition In the Middle of the World when it was mounted in Artsplace, Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia.  

red thread hearts

 red thread hearts 2019, a two sided piece (detail side b above)

red thread hearts side a
sixteen women's handkerchiefs, damask table cloth, cotton and silk threads
hand stitched, 76" x 76" or 193 x 193 cm

the women's handkerchiefs are edged with red thread and then appliqued to 20" of damask
the damask squares are then hand sewn together, each sam is hemmed

The central whirl is made with a running stitch and appears the same on both sides of the fabric

 red thread hearts side b, reverse applique, red cotton thread couched with silk thread

circular motifs made with red thread are protection symbols for the mother in  many world cultures

Sky With Many Moons

Sky With Many Moons   2019
lightweight single layer piece
indigo, wool, silk, hand stitch
76" h x 110 " w or 193 x 280 cm

 "the moon is a cosmic symbol throughout every age,
from time immemorial to the present,
and common to every culture"

it is an "emblem of dreams and the Unconscious as properties of darkness"
these quotes from Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant

studio photos by Nick Dubecki
nature photo by the artist

Featured in Handwork, Heartwork, Homework presented at SAQA virtual conference, March 2020 by Miranda Bouchard, Judy Martin and Penny Berens.

How Much I Tried Not To Worry

How Much I Tried Not To Worry
Variety of Found Fabric, Acrylic Paint, Wool Thread
hand stitched, 39" x 39"

First exhibited at Judy Martin's solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario April 2019
Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul
Second exhibition was Craft Ontario 19, Toronto, Ontario Sept 2019, awarded Best of North 

Available through Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island, Canada 
A companion piece entitled Beauty, Emotion, Spirit, Soul is similar but stitched with white
silk thread rather than black.  It sold out of the Sudbury exhibition into private collection April 2019.

My Awakened Heart / Noble Tenderness

 My Awakened Heart  2019

cotton, sari silk, paint,  silk velvet, cotton threads
regular and reverse applique, couching, embroidery, hand quilted
55" h x 49.5" w

A two - sided piece

 Noble Tenderness 2019

wool, plant dyes, cotton threads, sari silk
entirely hand stitched
55" h x 49.5" w

photographs by Nick Dubecki

Exhibition Record:

guildworks gallery Bloomfield Ontario   summer of 2020

VISIONS 2020  San Diego California USA   October 2020 - January 2021

included in In the Middle of the World two person exhibition with Penny Berens, opening at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum October 2, 2021 and continuing until mid December. 

 

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

love meditations

Love Yourself

cotton, stitch, mounted on linen, framed behind glass
further stitch added in 2019
48.5 cm h x 48.5 cm w  (19 inches square)

I will always carry you

indigo dye, silk, cotton, stitch, mounted on linen, framed behind glass
further stitch added in 2019
48.5 cm h x 48.5 cm w (19" square)

Growing is what Life is For

hand made paper, type writer ink, stitch, mounted on linen, framed behind glass
48.5 cm h x 48.5 cm w  (19" square)

Your Vulnerability Connects you to the Rest of Our Suffering World

antique shattered silk, stitch, mounted on linen, framed behind glass
48.5 cm x 48.5 cm   (19" square)

exhibitions:

2018   All four of the Love Meditations
          the Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island during the summer season

2018  Love Yourself and Your Vulnerability Connects You
          The David Kaye Gallery, Toronto

2019  April 5 - 30
          the four Love Meditations were included in the one-person exhibition
          beauty, emotion, spirit, soul 
          One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario
 

All are now in private collections.