Lean on me

Always support each other.






photo (1954) by Paul Johnson
transferred to cloth

a community within society

"As artists, we may live and work in relative isolation from each other but we still form a community within society that is critical to the health of society, cultural and otherwise."
Peter Powning, winner of the 2006 Saidye Bronfman award

hand dyed cotton, chain stitch

This is a detail of quilt number twenty seven on my illustrated list of quilts, One Hundred Quilts I add approximately three or four quilts a week. They date from 1985 to 2006.

sky goddess

How can we use what we've learned in the past to get to the future?

turtle

I took a break from my workshop prep and pieced three dyed rayons together for a quilt back. (above) I am also indulging my grandma self by posting this photo of my wee Alaskan turtle boy. (he matches, sort of)

down to earth

Quilts are down to earth. They are manifestations of a simpler time. The hands on effort required to make them is one of the things that makes them strong and true.

Solar discs

Although the primary function of embroidery seems to be decorative, it is rooted in belief and superstition. Embroidery is closer to tattooing than to weaving or knitting.

November

Our son is in Italy this autumn and I have been practicing long distance phone skills. Today, I picked up his Masters diploma in Architecture from the University of Waterloo at the local post office. Congratulations Jaybird.