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.

silver water

Silver Water   2012    indigo on rayon and on linen with shibori markings, tucked seam, hand quilted with embroidery floss   14" x 54"   detail shown above

Silver Water 2012, Judith e Martin

Silver Water side b  2012  Judith e Maritn

Silver Water 2012  side b  procion dyed cotton and rayon, hand quilted with embroidery floss  14" x 54|"  (detail above)

Silver Water is in private collection  

YIN YIN

 Yin Yin side a   2013
27 inches high, 36 inches wide
materials:  plant dyed linen, procion dyed velvet, cotton thread, wool batt, backed with wool gauze
techniques:  reverse of reverse applique, hand quilting

Yin Yin side b   2013
27 inches high, 36 inches wide
materials:   natural wool gauze, procion dyed silk velvet, cotton button thread, wool batt, backed with plant dyed linen
techniques:  reverse applique, hand quilting

The title reminds us that this piece does not have an outer  side, rather it has two inner sides.  No yang, just two yin.

Exhibition record:

2014: Lucky Protection  solo exhibition Northern Artist Gallery, Sudbury Ontario

2014: Visions: The Sky's The Limit  juried exhibition, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, California,  USA    jurors Sue Benner and Patty Hawkins
Award:  Friends of Fiber Art International as the quilt that most reflects the universality of artistic expression  Published:  Visions: The Sky's The Limit catalogue

2015: available at David Kaye Gallery  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2019: available at Guildworks Gallery, Bloomfield Ontario, Canada

2023: Inside Out  solo exhibition Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener Ontario

2023: Stardust solo exhibition Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay Ontario, Canada

2024: Softer and Dreamier solo exhibition Festival of Quilts Birmingham, UK 

2025:  entered private collection, Colorado USA