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| rock cut side one, a two part sculpture to be hung from the ceiling, rescued wool blankets and hand stitched wool yarn, each part 8 or 9 feet high and 13 feet wide, still in progress after 4 years of steady work by Judy Martin |
Two things: repetition and simplicity.
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| rock cut part one, side one French knots made with wool yarn on wool blanket |
I use the same stitch. Over and over.
Also obsession.
I get absolutely lost. I enter a kind of dream world while my hands keep moving.
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| rock cut part two, side two, reverse of couching stitch, wool yarn on mended wool blanket |
It's too much to understand, the hours and hours of time that are in the work.
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| rock cut side two, a two-sided two part suspended sculpture, rescued wool blanket, plant dyed wools, hand stitched each part 8 or 9 feet high, 13 feet wide, looking puny on the lawn but it is a big piece by Judy Martin, begun in 2015 |
Two sides. That's because I want the viewer to move around the work so that the body is engaged, not just the eyes and mind.
Because we know with our bodies.
(((Judy))) these sing in deep harmony with that old Joni Mitchell song, 'Both Sides Now'
ReplyDeleteFeather canyons everywhere xxoo
DeleteDear Judy,
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of your quilting...i am glad that you are posting so many times. And I wonder, when do you quilt all these beautiful quilts? So many of them!
Send you greetings from Stuttgart, Germany
Kirsten
Hi Kirsten. It is what I do. I don’t feel guilty when I am making these pieces. I don’t feel that I should be doing something else. I use my phone timer now and work in one hour intervals. I used to use the kitchen timer. When my hour is up, I do something else, like make the bed, or go for a walk, but I am always eager to get back to my work and another hour of it. Setting a timer seems to give me all the time in the world xxoo
DeleteThis is beautiful!! Sometime please show us close-ups of the front side with the couched yarn.
ReplyDeleteI keep wondering where you rescue your wool blankets from!!!
The three grey blankets in part 2 belonged to my husband’s family. One has a name tag sewn to it (his aunt) . Camp blankets I believe. Others I get from thrift stores. People don’t use wool blankets any longer, but they used to. Canada is a cold place much of the year.
DeleteI will be posting images of side that is couched fabrics soon. Thanks for asking xxoo
I love something that can be seen from both sides. "Mark on the Body" was meant to be seen that way but only one location has had the courage to show it. And this past year...another...inspired by what you do: simplicity, the use of time, the 'let it be' of nature and process... Thank you -- again!
ReplyDeleteThat’s great that Mark on the Body was shown again. Congratulations Margaret xx
DeleteDear Judy,
ReplyDeleteby the way, which thickness of threads do you use? It s not the "normal" quiltthread?
Do you use only cotton?
Once again, thank you for sharing your ideas and quilts with us!
Kirsten
Kirsten, I use a wide variety of threads. For the rock cut, I am using wool yarn like we knit sweaters from. For my pieced quilts I use regular quilting thread. For my double sided pieces that are quilted with embroidery, I use silk thread usually, sometimes weaver’s merino wool. Thanks for asking. I love thread a lot xxoo
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