 |
| counting my blessings 1999 |
about my children
 |
| cry me a river 2001 |
about my mother
 |
| hold me 1993 |
about my husband
 |
| thunder and lightning 1989 |
about my work
 |
| order belies chaos 1990 |
about my marriage
 |
| fragile as a leaf in autumn 2004 |
about my husband and about the earth
 |
| between the leading note and the tonic 1998 |
about teaching
 |
| something more magical than it ever was 1991 |
about memory
 |
| Gaea Enthroned 1992 |
about spirituality and mother earth
My roots are in the grand narrative of traditional quilt pattern and symbolic language.
My subject is our relationships to each other and to the earth.
These quilts were made when the kids were still at home, minutes here and there over months and years, I needed to get them out of me and into the world.
They are on my mind today because a new website,is under construction and decisions have to be made about content. These pieces will be in a folder entitled Story Quilts.
mysterious
whirling
gentle
felt in the body
love seeing these early works!
ReplyDeletelove you MO ! x
Deletethese are story quilts
ReplyDeletethe stories are about relationships
1. about having four children
2. about my mother
3. about having to move away from Kenora because of husband's job
4. about sitting as a juror for ontario arts council
5. about love
6. about my husband's illness
7. about the anxiety of not having enough time because of teaching
8. about memory and how it is different for everyone
9. about mother earth and how much we love and need her
Love your stories/quilts.
ReplyDeleteLove the stories
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful quilts Judy!! I love story quilts, I am making a few quilts with a similar theme but I have mine down as Memory Quilts, as yours do, they tell a story.
ReplyDeleteIt is fascinating to see your early quilts, so rich in colour and then your step away into the softer work of the present.
thank you for noticing that shift into softness...
DeleteI am using natural dyes now rather than the procion ones I used in my early work. Early work was very connected to the bed - birth, sex, death, fertility.
now, I am more concerned with the other thing we do in bed, and also during the day time, while looking out windows. Dream. xo
I sit here in silence thinking of every word I read. A thought provoking post for me. Outside noises over power everything that is inside. You have made me want to go inward. Judy, such beautiful work, I am simply honored to be in this space with you. xo
ReplyDeleteI love all of your work, Judy. It seems to always come from a deep place in your heart. The same is true for these earlier works. Thank you for showing them!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking work
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful to see these again. Deep bold colours of old and now gentler natural shades....do you think it is our age?! In an earlier comment someone wrote that you made her want to go inward and she hit the nail on the head. Your marvelous work has always done that because they are so much a part of your being. You have such a gift dear friend🥰
ReplyDelete