November 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

protection blanket, reverse side, procion dye on rayon, hand quilted 2005

 
I make very simple, large constructed textiles.  All my work is hand stitched, a slow method that gives me solace as well as a place where I can gain perspective on world events. 

wrapped form, my mother's clothing, wrapped in sheet, life sized  2007

The concept and technique of wrapping and being wrapped grounds most of my work. 

I think about their mothers, newspaper clippings, graphite, on 22 x 30 inch paper, 2008

I create installations of large-scale textiles covered with stitch in combination with wrapped bundles.  

gathering myself, silk thread on linen monogrammed pillowcase, 2009

Visitors move alongside and through the work as if in a natural environment, able to view both sides and understand the work through time and with the body.  My work is usually large scale and is densely covered with small marks.  

not to know but to go on, one skein of embroidery floss a day for three years, (2010 - 2013)  

Yesterday, I had to write a description of how I work.  When I wrote the few paragraphs, I was thinking of my newest pieces, but all the images in this post are from my early blog posts.  I found them in the first five Novembers in the archives. (see sidebar in web version) 

My work hasn't really changed all that much.  I still use wrapping and I still work very simply.

I am so grateful for this work.