Memory of Wikwemikong

Dyed rayon and cotton layered fabrics.  Hand quilted, sometimes with embroidery.  

74 x 25 inches  2008

I made this piece when I was at our family cottage in Georgian Bay.  I missed the daily view across Manitowaning Bay and began to reproduce it on the cottage dining table by laying out large pieces of dyed cloth.  Some areas are pieced but most of the cloth is just laid on which was a breakthrough for me.  Memory of Wikwemikong has been shown widely.  It was in one of the early World of Threads festivals as well as at my local Perivale gallery.  Currently it is at Guildworks gallery in Prince Edward County Ontario.  

number 70        2008

50th wedding, Ruth and Douglas

satin, photo transfer
machine paper piecing
hand stitch



number sixty nine


1997

Slipping Glimpser

vintage apron
embroidered with two texts
one by Michael Ignatief about
his mother having to give up painting.

one by Wilhem de Kooning
about having to be 'on
the slant' in order to
be an artist.

paper, paint, beads
hand printed cotton
backed with artist
canvas
hand stitched
sixty eight

2008

The House with the Golden Windows

Four panels
magazine papers, thread
artist canvas, dyed
embroidered

This piece has been
installed five times
in exhibition.

Now in my closet


sixty seven

1993

Blessings Series: Brigid

wool, velvet, variety of layered fabrics
hand stitch


sixty six

2004