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.

large emptiness, small marks: a portfolio of sketches

 Large Emptiness Small Marks  2016  silk, cotton, rayon, linen damask fabrics stitched with cotton, silk and metallic threads.  36 pages within a hand stitched taffeta folder, each page is 33 cm x 33 cm.

A portfolio of sketches for large-scale (2.5 m or 90" ) square quilts.  Each 33 cm square cloth page is an idea for a larger cloth construction that will be filled with hand stitched marks.  A large square grid is formed when all thirty-six sketches are displayed at one time that measures 200 cm x 200 cm.

The squares are each filled with horizontal lines or large circles and are made from layers of lush, calm fabrics.  Each page is a complete idea and can be displayed singly or within a larger group.  This artwork encourages close physical engagement and considered viewing over time.  The slow actions of undoing buttonholes, opening the folder, and lifting each page encourages contemplation.   Unconscious memories are unlocked by the sense of touch.

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 

Lake

Lake  Indigo and hand stitch on silk, 2014  Judith e Martin

168 cm h x 133 cm w   (66" h x 52" w)

Materials: re-purposed linen damask, hemp silk blend fabric, indigo dye, cotton embroidery and quilting threads  (bamboo batt)

Techniques:  paste resist, hand embroidery, hand quilting.   (Entirely hand stitched)

the tuck that seams the two pieces of indigo dyed cloth together creates a horizon line.

2015  Perivale Gallery Spring Bay Manitoulin Island.  May 17- September 15 2015
2015  Quilts=Art=Quilts  Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center  Oct 31 2015 - Jan 3 2016
2016  World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario  Oct 29  - November 27 2016

Duet

Duet 

18" x 32" , 2014

materials: felt, silk threads, vintage table linen

technique:  hand stitch, framed under glass

Someone stitched this cloth years ago.  
Neglected for years, yet saved because it is beautiful. 
I strive to make my marks harmonious with hers.
Time is caught with thread.  

Exhibition Record

2014   Included in the Lucky Protection solo exhibition at the Northern Artist Gallery (Artists On Elgin), in Sudbury Ontario for the month of February, 2014
2014 , Stitches Across Time:  (invitation)  Dufferin County Museum and Archives, Ontario September 12-November 9.  Judith e Martin was a juror for the Stitches Across Time exhibition.
2015  Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay Manitoulin Island.   for the season - May - September 2015

naata cloth

Naata Cloth  2014
60 cm x 76 cm  (24 x 30)
Materials:  silk brocade, linen, cotton perle threads
Technique:  raw edge applique, chain stitch, french knots, bead stitch, all by hand
Matted and framed in shadow box under glass

 

Materials:  linen, silk brocade, cotton perle threads

Technique: hand stitched applique, embroidery

Photo:  Judith e Martin

Exhibition Record

2014:  Lucky Protection solo exhibition, Northern Artist Gallery in Artist on Elgin premises,

          Elgin Street, Sudbury    

Sold into private collection