The following work is from my series of Line/Language quilts. Each quilt stands on it’s own as an abstract, but with careful attention, the hidden message becomes apparent. The quilt’s blocks are stylized letters that intersect with the lines in other blocks to form an abstract pattern. My stylized letter/blocks stay the same throughout this series, so once you have "read" one of my quilts, you will recognize the letters in others.
Line-Language Gallery
Seam
This piece, from my Line/Language series, contains the word “seam.” Like other pieces in this series, it combines the use of a stylized letter in each block, with the lines of the letters intersecting to form the abstract pattern.
The seam is the place where the disparate parts are drawn together into a unified vision, a finished garment, or a completed fiber art work. The seam is also the dividing line separating colors, letters, concepts and images. It is a way of binding and connecting.
There are seams in our own lives as well. This piece asks where are those seams in our lives? How do they bind us to others, while at the same time allowing us to delineate our individual selves from the rest of the world? How can we strengthen our bonds to the world around us, while still being true to our individual selves?
Currently on sale at the SAQA Online Foot Square Auction, see www.saqa.com.
Truth Matters
Truth Matters - 32" x 32" 2005 sold
In homage to my husband’s work in civil rights and international human rights, this piece reads “The Truth Matters”.
Exhibited at the "Road to California Quilt Show", Ontario, CA, Jan. 2007, at the “Sense of Fiber 2007", juried group show, dA Center for the Arts Gallery, Pomona, CA, May, 2007, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour, Los Angeles, Nov. 2006.
Aristotle's Canopy
Aristotle's Canopy - 64" x 72" 2004 sold
The stylized letters form a canopy of tree branches that can also be read by the viewer. The letter/blocks spell out, “In all things of Nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle.” The blue sky squares are the spaces in between the words. The quilt stands on it’s own as an abstract study, but also intrigues with the secret message from Aristotle about nature.
Exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, 2005, and at the Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Art Tour, 2005.
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem - 24" x 24" 2005 $700
The letters spell out "carpe diem," Latin for "seize the day."
This piece was included in Fabric Art Gallery. a book about art quilts published by Leisure Arts, a division of Time/Warner, 2005.
Exhibited at Best of SAQA Exhibition at the 2005 International Quilt Festival, at the 2006 Road to California Show in Ontario CA, and at the California Art Quilts Exhibit at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, CA, 2006. Also exhibited at the Discovery Art Tour 2007, and is currently on view at the Acorn Gallery in Los Angeles.
