fused

TEXTILES_00068_Nature’s Abound_2022

Nature’s Abound

MOSAICS Series

26″-w x 34″-h

Abstract design; mosaics

2022

QUILTS, 2023, mosaics, various colors, patterns

Artist Statement:

This mosaic quilt is representative of the vibrancy, evolution and activity in nature throughout the seasons.

Process

This quilt uses 27 different pieces of fabric – commercial cottons, raw silks, and my own digital fabric. Pieces are cut leaving raw edges and then carefully positioned on a whole piece of interfacing to form the mosaic top. The quilt sandwich is the mosaic top, organic acrylic felt and backing cotton fabric. The sandwich is sewn together using cotton thread and then binded with mitered corners.

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TEXTILES_00067_Seasons_2022

Seasons

MOSAICS Series

26″-w x 34″-h

Abstract design; mosaics

2023

QUILTS, 2022, mosaics, various colors, patterns

Artist Statement

Inspired by Like Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Through abstract representation, this quilt explores the spirit of each season from an emotional level, from bottom to top and back around.

Winter (cold hibernation)
Fall (a bit of time for grounding)
Spring (head in the clouds)
Summer (warm, connected to Mother Earth)
Spring (head in the clouds)
Fall (a bit of time for grounding)
Winter (cold hibernation)

Process

This quilt uses 20 different pieces of fabric – commercial cottons, raw silks, upholstery and my own hand-dyed and digital fabric. Pieces are cut leaving raw edges and then carefully positioned on a whole piece of interfacing to form the mosaic top. The quilt sandwich is the mosaic top, organic acrylic felt and backing cotton fabric. The sandwich is sewn together using cotton thread and then binded with mitered corners.

TEXTILES_00056_Rise Up!_2020

Rise Up!

FUSED Series

fused, whole cloth

16-1/2″w x 27-3/4″h

2020

QUILTS, 2020, fused, whole cloth, red, orange, black, white

Artist Statement:

When you look at a flower head on, the leaves flow out from the center. But if you look the flower from the bottom then the leaves flow out and up from the center. Thus the name Rise Up!. This quilt is hand-painted with Derwent dye blocks and drawn on with fabric-marked Kona cottons. Making this soulful floral quilt was always in the plan. Unlike other quilters, I’ve waited a long time to do florals; always waiting for that unique way of looking at a subject that so many have looked at and covered. Rise Up! is appropriate for these times as we seek new looks, new perspectives to disappointingly familiar scenarios. Constantly creating, praying and rising up to elevate myself and the world around me.

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TEXTILES_00064d_Leveling Up_2022

Leveling Up

MOSAICS Series

fused

16-1/2″w x 27-3/4″h

Fused commercial cottons

2022

QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2022, fused, yellow, orange, brown

Statement:
The 4th work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Leveling Up represents the ascension in one’s personal life. Leveling up is the elevation to reach the next chapter, next stage, next phase, next plateau in one’s existence. This is a personal exercise for each human being and means something different to each one.

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TEXTILES_00064c_Crossing Roads_2022

Crossing Roads

MOSAICS Series

fused

15″w x 30-3/4″h (each piece)

Fused commercial cottons

2022

QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2022, fused, yellow, orange, brown

Statement:
The 3rd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Crossing Roads is the personal discovery of the terrain of life. Like traveling over different terrains, life’s journey consists of crossing many roads that are full of turns, ups, downs, stops, starts, rough patches and smooth ones.

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TEXTILES_00064b_Seeing My Way Out of Blue_2021

Seeing My Way Out of Blue

MOSAICS Series

fused

16-1/4″w x 20″h

Fused commercial cottons

2021

QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2021, fused, yellow, gold, blue

Statement:
The 2nd work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Seeing My Way Out of Blue represents the eventual transformation of a human being out of the muck and mire of life’s visceral levels into a deeper, psychic realm of existence.

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TEXTILES_00064a_Searching for Inner Code_2021

Searching for Inner Code

MOSAICS Series

fused

13-3/4″w x 20-1/4″h (each piece)

Fused commercial cottons

2021

QUILTS, Tales from the Innervision, 2021, fused, brown, black

Statement:
The first work in the Tales from the Innervision quilt series, Searching for Inner Code represents the inner work that every person goes through to discover their own “code”.

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