metaphysical thinking

Artist/curator  Lise Melhorn Boe invited me to participate in A Book Arts Mosaic, a collection of 38 Canadian book artists.  Each artist was to create an original edition of 25 books so that boxes of books could then go into libraries and collections across the country.  There were 25 such boxes, each containing 26 books.

I made 30 scrolls so that I could keep five for myself.  (I have now given all but one of those away.)

Transferred text asking questions such as 'who am I?', 'what is real?' or phrases such as 'the idea of self' , and 'think'...accompany images of thoughtful women gleaned from magazines that year.  The most important marks however are the hand stitches in the flannel fabric.

I regret that I don't have better photos of this series.

2005

number 102

Protection Blanket

hand dyed rayon, sequins, rayon cord
machine pieced, hand quilted and embellished
2005



forty two


back of quilt

velvet journal: secret garden

taffeta, velvet, floss,
ribbon, beads

journal papers, paint, thread

English paper pieced,
the paper left in

2005





reverse side




twenty one

Emily Carr visited me

rayon, cotton, fabric paint, embroidery floss
machine pieced, hand painted, hand appliqued
hand quilted with blanket stitch embroidery
2005








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