never giving up on the art

september 28  hand quilting on something started earlier this year

 

september 29  hot wax, black cloth, a beautiful day

september 30  town studio

october 1 a new beginning

october 2  hot wax encaustic in Barb's studio

  october 3  visited the Cambridge art galleries with Barb
 Justin Ming Yong's two-sided piece, Sun In Eyes in foreground

october 5 recovered my studio bag with pieces of cloth that came to hand 

october 7 adding quilting stitches to the sleeve for Far Away Stars

october 8  packing up Far Away Stars / Cloudy Day to ship to Quilts=Art=Quilts

october 9 town studio

Blog update:  

For the next couple of months, I need to concentrate more on the neglected website. judithemartin.com  

My Process and Judy's Updates will continue as they are because they are both super easy to write, but the main blog, Judy’s Journal will morph to a photo journal (like today's post) for the next little while. 

Although I will continue the monthly emails until at least the end of the year, I may switch over to substack for updates.  We'll see.   

Thank you friends, for your continued support.   Never give up on your own creative practice.  

inner understanding

patience silence have faith in the self Both patience and silence imply faith. (Louise Bourgeois)

mother and mothered

I cut up another piece of my own art yesterday and wrapped the parts around themselves. To see what these two pieces looked like before, click here and then here. something to do with mothering, maturing, separation

and still maintain a normal life

and still maintain a normal life, wax batik on cotton, hand stitch on wool flannel, 2010 I've made many pieces over my long career that show though metaphor how we each have two sides. A side we present to the world and a much more interesting 'inside'. This piece, however, is an attempt to just show our inner world. That too is a duality.

This piece is about our time, and being in it. One half is slow, but it seems fast. It seems a whirl. When joined together, the two halves make a whirlwind.

Please visit the World of Threads Weekly Interviews on my side bar or click here to read and view my interview with Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate. It's beautiful and I am very honoured to be included.

My life is a whirlwind right now.

Leaving Alabama

It's good to be home and get back on track with my many unfinished projects. I love stitching and hope to finish the above piece over the next few weeks. I was happy to see that Oona was stitching when we were visiting her in Anchorage last week. Like all our kids, she is concerned about environmental issues and lives her beliefs out loud. When we were there, she was making trousers for her four year old by tracing a pattern from his favourite sweat pants, planning to sew a camp quilt from her husband's recycled worn out cotton pants and recycling his cotton knit polo shirts into clothing for herself. She has been taking Natalie Chanin's two books out of the library and using the patterns and inspirational stitch lessons they contain as guidance. I left my copy of the Alabama Stitch Book for her to keep (can't find the patterns, but I'm sure they are around somewhere. I'll mail them.) All of the beautiful photos in this post are by Robert Rausch and are from that first book except for the top and bottom photos of my own stitched batik. I would recommend The Alabama Stitch Book as well as the newer Alabama Studio Style for those who are interested in making garments with hand stitch. Natalie Chanin will be the speaking at the Surface Design Conference in June. Click here to visit her website. "A handmade item stitched by someone who loves what they do has an unmistakably soulful quality.

There is a satisfaction in knowing that you are creating something for the next generation. And the next. "

Natalie Chanin

painting with stitch

I may be finished with this stitched piece. I'm not sure, but I think so. Maybe it's a vessel.

Earlier view? click here. And here.

stitching in car again

We had a road trip over the weekend to deliver my art work and visit two of Ned's cousins, both named Tony. These fields were in the Hockley valley, north of Guelph. I stitched. Highway 69 is being widened. There are new rock cuts, trees have been cut down, made into piles of wood chips. This is the back.

Dorothy Tucker

I've shipped my essay on 19th century quilts off to Dorothy Tucker, a patient and insightful woman. As well as teaching distance students for Opus, she also works at Hampton Court palace. How's that for a day job?

Shary Boyle

I read Lorissa Sengara's article about Shary Boyle this morning in the fall 2006 Canadian Art magazine.

"I feel connected to outsider art and the kind of work that is made by people who are intensely influenced by an internal world and the need to translate that somehow."

What remained with me throughout the day is the idea that Shary's work is based on her own personal emotions.

working large

First you have to work, then you can talk. Anselm Kiefer

Two dye workshops: resist techniques

I have entered details regarding the two workshops I am teaching for Cambrian College this fall into my updates.
An easy method of wax batik and Nigerian tie dye techniques will be offered in Little Current Oct 20 and 21. In November, Japanese wrapped shibori and Indian bandhini tie dye will take place in Espanola.
Those interested should pre-register through Cambrian College. 705 368 3194