Eco printed silk "wholecloth" top layer…enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand-stamped turtles on hand-dyed Shibori-wrapped cotton, enhanced with thread, stitch and sparkly tulle. Dupioni silk binding.
Background fabric hand-painted with Earth oxide pigment onto cotton. Enhanced with stitched labyrinth, sparkly Angelina fiber “crystals” and lots of thread and stitch.
Eco printed cotton "wholecloth" top layer…enhanced with thread and stitch.
and “gold ”silk inserts.
Heliographic botanical prints on hand-painted cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Eco print on silk. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Heliographic prints on hand-painted silk. Wrapped using Shibori-technique, and overdyed with natural indigo. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Heliographic print on hand painted cotton. Enhanced with stitch and thread.
Hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread and free motion stitch.
Raw edge applique. Embellished with thread sketching and free motion stitch. Inspired by an original digital photo by Gabrielle Murphy.
Heliographic print on hand painted cotton, enhanced with raw edge silk insert and free motion stitch.
Hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread and free motion machine stitch.
Hand painted fabric interpretation of Red Sun by Arthur Dove, enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread, couched fibers, and free motion stitch.
Cotton fabric, hand marbled with textile paint. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Heliographic nature prints on handpainted cotton. Enhanced with stitch and thread.
Original digital image printed onto cotton fabric. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand marbled with textile paints. Enhanced and accented with thread and stitch.
Heliographic print on hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread and free motion machine stitch.
Original digital image, raw edge applique onto hand dyed moon on black textured silk background.
Heliographic print on hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread and stitch.
Thread sketched bare tree on dupioni silk.
Original digital image printed on cotton, layered onto hand-dyed cotton, enhanced with organza, thread and free motion stitch.
This fiber art piece was made in collaboration with fellow fiber artist Melanie Johnston and has traveled through Europe and the United States as part of the "Solar Sister: Empowering Women Through Clean Energy" exhibit sponsored by Quilt for Change.
The exhibition was organized to highlight the important work of Solar Sister, a Rhode Island-based non-profit that uses a micro-enterprise model to develop a network of small businesswomen (Solar Sisters) in Africa. Solar Sisters sell solar-based appliances that provide light and electricity to rural households in parts of Africa without access to ready sources of power. These solar lights and mobile phone chargers allow women to work from home, children to study longer hours, families to cook with less indoor pollution and associated health problems, and communities to connect with the outside world.
Twenty quilters and 22 quilts from the United States, Canada, and England were chosen in a juried competition for inclusion in this exhibition. The exhibit opened in Geneva, Switzerland at the United Nations headquarters building, the Palais des Nations, in March 2013. Starting in March 2014, the exhibit traveled with the Mancuso Quilt Festivals to seven regional quilt shows across the United States. It was also part of an exhibit titled “Advocacy Quilting” at the New England Quilt Museum in 2015.
“Light the Darkness” consists of a large yellow-gold sun with fabric-collaged rays of sunlight in shades of yellow and blue quilted onto an iridescent “aura.” Like the rays of the sun…the fabric rays and decorative quilting extend to every corner of the piece. Printed in a spiral shape onto organza and layered on the surface of the sun sphere is the informational quote attributed to the U.S. Energy Information Administration: “In one second, our sun provides enough energy to meet the current needs of the entire Earth for 500,000 years.” In the bottom right corner, there is a small silhouette of a child holding an open book in one hand and an illuminating Solar Sister solar lantern in the other.
Heliographic print on hand painted, distressed cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Heliographic botanical print on hand painted cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Raw edge appliqued silk and cotton. Embellished with thread and stitch. Inspired by C.Robbins image.
Heliographic print on hand painted cotton fabric with enhanced thread, stitch and couched fibers.
Original digital image on fabric, enhanced with threadwork.
Heliographic botanical print on hand painted cotton, enhanced with thread and free motion stitch.
Landscape-inspired abstract made with silk and cotton. Enhanced with thread, stitch and couched fibers.
Landscape-inspired abstract made with silk and cotton. Enhanced with thread, stitch and couched fibers.
Raw edge appliqued silk. Embellished with thread and stitch.
Raw edge silk applique. Digital image on fabric. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Digital image printed on fabric, enhanced with thread, stitch and foil.
Original digital image printed onto fabric, enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand-marbled cotton, and silk organza. Enhanced with layers and threadwork.
Heliographic print on handpainted cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Digital images (photos and handwritten recipes) printed onto fabric along with vintage measuring spoons and wooden spoon "collaged" onto commercial fabric and enhanced with thread and stitch. NFS
Images of rusted items, rust-dyed onto cotton fabric. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand painted with earth oxides onto cotton. Layered with silks and upholstery fabric.
Original digital image printed on cotton. Enhanced with thread, stitch and silk.
Appliqued silk and hand dyed cotton tomatoes. Raw edge appliqued leaves. Embellished with thread and stitch. Inspired by a C. Robbins image.
Original digital image printed on fabric, enhanced with thread, stitch, and rocks. SOLD
Original digital image printed on cotton fabric. Enhanced with thread, stitch, and tulle overlay. (Lake Superior stones)
Raw edge appliqué of silk and cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.
Hand dyed cotton mandala (ice dyed) with vintage sun face image printed onto cotton. Enhanced with thread and stitch.