Fiber and Stitchery
Mark-making in stitchery offers a different form of expression. I discovered its pleasures during the isolation brought on by the COVID pandemic. There is an intimacy in holding the work in your lap, manipulating the fabric and stitching your story. While presently this work is exploratory, it will probably find its way into my other work.
"Where the Spirits Danced with Me",
7"x11", cotton, photo transfer, embroidery floss, 2024
"Unfolding Winter's Treasure",
35"x29", wintered-over hosta leaves, cyanotype on cotton and dyed silk, Japanese cotton, gauze, silk, upholstered fabric, embroidery floss, 2024
"Gray Day at the Beach,"
13"x13", antique cotton napkins, silk, lace, acrylic paints, embroidery floss, 2024
"Mad Sea,"
17"x28", cotton, antique lace, silk, cyanotype, acrylic paint, cotton, embroidery floss, 2024
"Night Mysteries",
14.5"x7.5", cotton, silk, gauze, cyanotype, embroidery floss, 2024
"Reflections",
11"x9", Linen, silk, photo transfer, drawing, embroidery floss, 2023
"Guru",
8"x7", Cotton fabric , embroidery floss, 2023
"Waiting",
11"x8", cotton, mono print, tulle, embroidery floss, 2023
"Waiting 2", 12"x14", Cotton, lace, silk,tulle, embroidery floss, 2023
"Wisdom",
7"x5", cotton, nylon, embroidery floss, 2023
"At Sea",
15"x8", cotton, cyanotype, embroidery floss, 2023
"Dancing at Night,"
12x17, cyanotype, lace, nylon, cotton, embroidery floss, 2023
"Summer Garden,"
29"x16", cotton, painted nylon, embroidery floss, 2023
"Wren's Dream"
7"x7", cyanotype, cotton, painted silk, cotton embroidery floss, 2023
"Dreaming of a New Home,"
25"x17", cotton, silk, plastic netting, lace, nylon, cotton embroidery floss, 2023
"Night Garden",
10"x12", cotton, embroidery floss, 2022
“Oh, He brought me flowers”,
11"x 4", cotton and lace, embroidery floss, driftwood 2022
"Grandma Brought the Flowers",
24"x8", linen sleeve, lace, cotton fabric, embroidery floss, 2022
The Dragon Fly,
12"x9", cotton, silk, polyester fabric, embroidery floss, 2021
“The In-betweens”,
17"x7", silk, cotton, embroidery floss, 2021
Perilous Crossing,
16"x13", Cotton, silk, rust-stained linen, beads, buttons, embroidery floss, 2021
“Seeking Refuge”,
9"x7", Cotton, silk, embroidery floss, 2021
“Ceremonial”,
5"x11", cotton fabric, embroidery floss, 2021
“Road to Inclusion”,
16"x11", Vintage placemat, cotton, cheese cloth, embroidery floss, 2021
“Remnants”,
13"x6', walnut-dyed doily and cheese cloth, rust-stained cotton, cotton and embroidery floss, 2021
“Mandala”,
13”x13”, cotton napkin, treated hosta leaves, leaf prints, photographs on silk, embroidery floss, 2024
“Orion”,
12”x7.5”, cotton, silk, cyanotype, metallic and cotton thread, 2024
“Deep Wanderings”,
15”x10”, cotton, leaf print, silk, lace, embroidery floss, 2024
“Meditation”,
15.5”x9”, cotton, linen, cyanotype, lace, embroidery floss, 2024
“Islands in a Storm”,
14”x7.5”, cotton, silk, nylon fabrics, embroidery floss, 2024
“Garden Flickers”,
14”x7.5”, cotton, nylon, silk, cyanotype, cotton and nylon embroidery floss, 2024
“Different Days”,
7”x15”, cotton, silk, nylon, embroidery floss, 2024
“Where I Go”,
14”x8”, cyanotype, cotton fabric, embroidery floss, 2024
“Leaf”,
10”x8”, cyanotype, hand-dyed silks, lace, Chinese silk, embroidery floss, 2024
