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 

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

Trinity

  Trinity, 2011, 86h x 61w x 1d cm.   (34" x 24")

 Materials: re-cycled linen damask, light weight cotton foundation cloth, embroidered linen, procion dye, sewing and quilting threads, bamboo batting, backed with linen damask.  

Techniques: intuitively hand pieced using multiple foundation cloths, hand appliqué, hand quilting.  Photo: Klaus Rossler

Exhibition History

Although this small quilt is included in the Manitoulin Circle Project, it has two differences.  Rather than hang on the sanctuary walls like the other four large meditation panels,  this piece is intended to hang in front of the pulpit and is called an antipendium in the united church.  Only Judy Martin's hands worked on this piece.

June 2011 installed in the Little Current United Church, Manitoulin Island
June 2012 won an award for original contemporary design at canadian quilt conference in Halifax
November 2012  included in Quiet Zone exhibition at World of Threads festival in Oakville Ontario

Sept 13-Oct 27 2013  part of the Mended World exhibition organized by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Jan 19-March 2,2014  Mended World Exhibition at Art Gallery of Sudbury
May 2015  Mended World Exhibition Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday permanently installed in the Little Current United Church
May 2017  included in the (in)finite exhibition of Canadian textiles for the 60th anniversary of the Anglican Foundation of Canada.  

Layers of Time

     Layers of Time, 2013, 233h x 233w x 1d cm,   (92" x 92")

Materials: re-cycled wool blanket, re-purposed domestic lace, re-cycled linen damask, foundation fabrics (light weight wool, light weight cotton, plant dyed linen), re-cycled wedding dress, silk ribbon, perle cotton #5 and #3, cordonnet lace making thread, glass beads, sewing and quilting threads, bamboo batting, backed with linen damask pieced with cotton designed by marimekko.   

Techniques:  Layering onto foundation fabrics by hand, hand stitching, hand embroidery, hand quilting, made with community assistance.  Photo:  Klaus Rossler

exhibition history

This quilt is part of the Manitoulin Circle Project which took place over four years in Little Current Manitoulin Island under the leadership of Judy Martin.  149 community members took part in hand stitching four large meditation panels.
Layers of Time was part of the solo exhibition, Mended World.  Organized by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery (catalog)

September 13 - October 27, 2013  Thunder Bay Art Gallery, part of the Mended World Exhibition
January 19 - March 2, 2014  Art Gallery of Sudbury, Mended World Exhibition

Easter Sunday April 20, 2014,  The four panels are installed in the Little Current United Church for permanent display.

October 18-20  2014, Manitoulin Circle Project, Espanola Fibre Festival,  Judy Martin key note speech
November, 2014:  World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario.  The four large panels are shown in solo exhibition at the festival.
May 9 - June 14 2015, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener Ontario, Mended World Exhibition

October 2015;  The 4 large panels traveled to Gros Morne, Newfoundland for the fibreconference sponsored by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Judy Martin taught a workshop based on the technique and design of the panels.

Mended World

       Mended World, 2012, 240h x 240w x 1d cm,  (94" x 94")

      Materials: re-cycled linen and cotton damask, new silk, light weight cotton, sewing and quilting thread, linen yarn, bamboo batting, backed with linen damask pieced with cotton dsigned by marimekko, 

      Technique: hand piecing using foundation cloth, machine piecing, hand quilting, hand embroidery/quilting, made with community assistance.  

            Photo:  Klaus Rossler

Exhibition History

This quilt is part of the Manitoulin Circle Project which took place over four years in Little Current Manitoulin Island under the leadership of Judy Martin.  144 community members took part in hand stitching four large meditation panels.
It was installed June 2012 in the Little Current United Church, Manitoulin Island
It went on exhibition as part of the solo exhibition, Mended World.  Organized by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery (catalog)

September 13 - October 27, 2013  Thunder Bay Art Gallery, part of the Mended World Exhibition
January 19 - March 2, 2014  Art Gallery of Sudbury, Mended World Exhibition

Easter Sunday April 20, 2014,  The four panels are installed in the Little Current United Church for permanent display.

October, 2014:  Espanola United Church.  The five panels are installed for the weekend of the Espanola Fibre Festival in the church's sanctuary.  Judy Martin gave the keynote address for the fibre festival that compared slow hand stitching to an act of social change.
November, 2014:  World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario.  The four large panels are shown in solo exhibition at the festival.
May, 2015:  Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario.  The five panels were installed in solo exhibition.
October 2015;  The 4 large panels traveled to Gros Morne, Newfoundland for the fibreconference sponsored by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Judy Martin taught a workshop based on the technique and design of the panels.

November 2017  Mended World panel travels to International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas USA for invited special exhibition, Masterworks: Abstract and Geometrics.  This exhibition features one quilt from each of the 29 featured artists in Martha Sielman's new book (2016)  Art Quilts International: Abstract and Geometric.  published by Schiffer.  This exhibition is expected to tour until 2020, traveling through the states and also going to Japan and Europe.

Earth Ark

Earth Ark, 2011  90" x 90"
re-purposed linen damask, silk noil, women's handkerchiefs, hand and machine pieced, hand embroidered and quilted.  Made with community assistance.  Part of the Manitoulin Community Circle Project

Exhibition History

2011 :  Little Current United Church sanctuary, the first of four large meditation panels that will be permanently installed.  Made over weekly meetings with Judy Martin, lead artist, and members of the wider community.  Little Current, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

September  2013:  Thunder Bay Art Gallery.  Mended World Exhibition Thunder Bay, Ontario This exhibition was accompanied by a colour catalogue with essay by Dr. Elizabeth Kalbfleish.  

January 2014:  Art Gallery of Sudbury, Ontario as part of the Mended World Exhibition.  Sudbury, Ontario.

Easter weekend, 2014.  Little Current United Church sanctuary.  The five panels are installed for permanent exhibition.  They were dedicated June 1, 2014.

October, 2014:  Espanola United Church.  The five panels are installed for the weekend of the Espanola Fibre Festival in the church's sanctuary.  Judy Martin gave the keynote address for the fibre festival that compared slow hand stitching to an act of social change.

May, 2015:  Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario.  The five panels were installed in solo exhibition.  
October 2015;  The four large panels traveled to Gros Morne, Newfoundland for the fibreconference sponsored by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Judy Martin taught a workshop based on the technique and design of the panels.

Canadian Pioneer

 Canadian Pioneer, 48" w x 64" h, re purposed wool blankets, wool fabrics, wool yarns

 hand pieced, slashed, mended, bundle-tied, felted, quilted

completely hand stitched

Exhibition History

Ontario Craft 2013 :  Ontario Craft Council Gallery   October 2013  Toronto, Ontario
International Design Show in the Ontario Craft Council booth, November 2013, Toronto, Ontario

Lucky Protection: Northern Art Gallery   solo exhibition at the northern art gallery (Artists on Elgin) February 1 - 28, 2014 Sudbury, Ontario

Quilts=Art=Quilts:  Juried into this exhibition by Kathleen Loomis and Valerie Goodwin
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center,  November 1 2014 - January 4 2015, Aurburn New York, USA
awarded first prize

The Perspective From Here  Thunder Bay Art Gallery  summer of 2017  an exhibition to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and includes 150 artists from North Western Ontario.  Thunder Bay Ontario Canada  June 23 - September 10, 2017 

Entered the permanent collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery in mid November 2017.

The World We Know - a group exhibition (12 artists) of new acquisitions of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery - April - June 2022

Paradise is what lies beyond the horizon

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (one)  2012

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (two)  2012

 domestic linen, acrylic paint, thread, paper

domestic linen, found fabric, thread, paper

each measures 19" x 19" and are framed in shadowboxes under glass

exhibition record

2012:  summer season at the Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island Ontario
2013:  winter season at the Art Gallery of Sudbury art rental, Sudbury Ontario
2014:  February.  Both pieces were part of the Lucky Protection exhibition at the Northern Artist Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario.
2014:  spring.  Paradise Meditation I was part of the juried exhibition, Convergence, in the Tom Thomson gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario.
2015   in David Kaye gallery, Toronto
2018:  in One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario
2019:  both pieces included in Beauty Emotion Spirit Soul at One Sky Gallery
2019:  Paradise Meditation II donated to Thunder Bay Art Gallery Auction
2019:  Paradise Meditation I  sold through Guildworks, Bloomfield Ontario

pioneer babies

Pioneer  Babies, vintage domestic linens wrapped and then stitched around cut spring branches to make bundles

all have been embroidered with red silk thread

 some are wrapped with cotton tape

sizes variable,  8 inches in height to 16 inches in height.  Five shown (eight have been made)
most are filled with flowering pussy willow or forsythia branches

One has been exhibited. The one on the extreme right was reworked and included in the Lucky Protection exhibit, Feb 1 - 28 2014, (solo) at The Northern Artist Gallery (organized by Artists on Elgin) in Sudbury, Ontario.