Canadian Pioneer

 Canadian Pioneer, 48" w x 64" h, re purposed wool blankets, wool fabrics, wool yarns

 hand pieced, slashed, mended, bundle-tied, felted, quilted

completely hand stitched

this piece has not been shown in public exhibition as yet

2012

Paradise is what lies beyond the horizon

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (one)

 paradise is what lies beyond the horizon (two)

 domestic linen, acrylic paint, thread, paper

domestic linen, found fabric, thread, paper

each measures 19" x 19" and are framed in shadowboxes under glass

exhibition record

summer 2012:  Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay Manitoulin Island

2012

pioneer babies

Pioneer  Babies, vintage domestic linens wrapped and then stitched around cut spring branches to make bundles

all have been embroidered with red silk thread

 some are wrapped with cotton tape

sizes variable,  8 inches in height to 16 inches in height.  Five shown (eight have been made)
most are filled with flowering pussy willow or forsythia branches

not yet exhibited in public

2012

starry night

 40" x 46". plant dyed silk and silk wool blend 

shibori markings with hawthorne and walnut

hand embroidery and quilting

exhibition record

until January 6 2013:  Auburn, New York
                                 Schweinfurth Art Center
                                 Quilts=Art=Quilts

2012

Monumental Simplicity

 nine feet square, plant dyed wool/silk blend

 hand stitched with naturally dyed silk threads

upper half dyed with willow, lower half dyed with cone flowers and iron

exhibition record

June 2012:  London, England, Middlesex University BA hons embroidered textile degree exhibition
November 2012: Oakville, Canada, World of Threads festival, Continuum, independent exhibition 

2012