The Occluded Eye
The sun rose behind forest-fire ash clouds.
materials// silk (organza, charmeuse, voile), linen (plain weave), cotton muslin (unseen)
9 ft diameter
2021
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Infinity
A full bolt of narrow silk was hand gathered and stitched dimensionally in a spiral. Ever inward, ever outward.
materials// vintage bolt of uncut Japanese silk crepe, vintage silk charmeuse, freshwater pearls —- plain weave linen, silk moire faille
7 ft diameter
2020
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Seed/ Bloom
Growth and decay
materials// silk (moire faille, vintage taffeta, vintage Japanese marbled crepe, satin, 4-ply crepe, organza), plain weave linen
9 ft diameter
2020
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Bone Bloom (cremains shroud)
Commissioned for E. B. , made with silk fabric and piano shawls from the 1920s (the decade of her birth). Drawstring cord made from silk encased hair of her children that she had collected in the 1950s.
materials// silk (organza and antique: appliques, piano shawl, charmeuse), freshwater pearls, hair, cotton muslin (accent)
3 ft diameter
2021
detail of interior with large silk-encased-hair drawstring, as well as the inner silk gauze drawstring/ closure
Letting the Light in
Commissioned for E. B.. Cyanotype on one side; exploding “Log Cabin” quilt on other. The pieced side was made with unbacked, unfaced silk charmeuse and linen. The charmeuse is slippery and lightweight, shifting with the weight and stiffness of the linen insets— it is the light breaking through the cracks.
materials// silk charmeuse, vintage silk taffeta (red), plain weave linen, wool felt (accented)
9 ft diameter
2021
wrapped shroud image posted with permission
Sporogenesis
A sowing of the beginning: an event horizon and a supernova, just the same as a cloud of spores and black decay.
Pattern references a traditional eight-pointed star quilt motif.
materials// silk (ottoman, faille, velvet, crepe-back satin, 4-ply crepe, taffeta, dupioni), linen (plain weave)
9ft diameter
2019
