little bundles

little bundles  2014
Cotton, thread, hemlock twigs 
74 individual units, variety of sizes  (all can be held in your hand) 

bandaging, wrapping, shrouding, accumulation, repetition, doll-figures, ritual chant, hand touch, body gesture, the protection tradition of red thread

The process of wrapping is healing.  Inside each of the 74 bundles are four hemlock twigs collected and wrapped in 2011.  (see here) 

exhibition record:
The little bundles are an important component of Judy Martin's feel better installation.   The photos above show the installation in POP FOLK TEXTILES, la Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario March 21- April 18 2015  (curator Sophie LeBlanc)

POP FOLK TEXTILES will also be exhibited in Toronto June 26-August 9 at the Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street.   Sponsored by Le Labo Gallery (586 Richmond St W)

Mended World Exhibition

Thunder Bay Art Gallery Installation, September 13-October 27, 2013, photo Klaus Rossler

   Art Gallery of Sudbury Installation, January 19 – March 2, 2014, photo Judy Martin

  Art Gallery of Sudbury Installation, January 19 – March 2, 2014, photo Judy Martin

The Mended World Exhibition consisted of the four meditation panels of the Manitoulin Circle Project,  Trinity (the small panel), Book of Hands (two books).
Included in the Mended World exhibition are the stitched journals Not to Know But To Go On and Cloud of Time.  

A catalog for the exhibition was published by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.  Dr. Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, scholar in material art, was invited to write the catalog essay.  

Cover image for the Mended World catalog is of Not to know but to go on , photo Judy Martin