Favorite Deconstructed Denim SilkDenim Flying Geese Steve’s Painting Pants Leftover Shirt Patches Sandy’s Ugly Comforter Top Hemp Shirt bought at Zen Center Nana’s Caftan Black Ribbed Turtleneck Alex’s Table Cloth Gottlieb Fabric created print of Shekinu Embroidery Ronda’s Hemp J Jill Jacket Nicole Miller Pittsburgh Tie Gabriel’s Sweater and Termal Top Jody’s Danish Bread BasketContinue reading “Memory Quilt 2019”
Author Archives: SilkQuilt
God Is A Verb
From the book by David Cooper: On the verb of God: When we give a name to the nameless it is a stumbling block that trips most people. We think that if it has a name, it has an identity. An identity comes with attributes. So we think we know something about it. This isContinue reading “God Is A Verb”
It Takes A LifeTime-ReBlog
This is a reblog from 2015 I discovered while researching my newest project. It remains a thoughtful answer to the most often asked question. The big question that I am getting lately is- How long does it take you to make that? Oh my, what a loaded question. There are so many factors that goContinue reading “It Takes A LifeTime-ReBlog”
Three Seraphim
On view at the 107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition; Westmoreland Museum of American Art; November 9, 1919-January 26th, 2020. I use ordinary textile remnants to create art quilts. This work is one in a series of mantles representing spiritual entities. The mantle, like a quilt, serves the practical function of keeping one warmContinue reading “Three Seraphim”
Prayer To Michal
Michal the Archangel, the champion of The Divine’s people, help us in our struggle against evil in our hearts and in our midst. Guard and guide those whose special task is to work for the welfare of all. Keep our homes and families safe from harm. Be at our side at life’s end and leadContinue reading “Prayer To Michal”
A Patch Work Life: The Hands On Guide To Living Piece By Piece
Quilt:Voluminous layersCountless hues and valuesEmbedded with meaningPersonal herstoryMinuscule patches that speaks volumesEnsconcing with warmth and protectionHand Stitched patternsEndless sizes, shapes and formsPiecing, Stitching, Darning, Mending, Ripping Producing Quilts:The next one is always better than the one beforeOrganized cutting and construction stepsStaying at the machine until the entire set is piecedProcess over productCreating something original comesContinue reading “A Patch Work Life: The Hands On Guide To Living Piece By Piece”
Moving Through Loss: A Wise Woman Ritual circa 2000
A Letter to the Most Illustrious the Contessina Allagia degli Aldobrandeschi, written Christmas Eve, Anno Domini 1513 I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, youContinue reading “Moving Through Loss: A Wise Woman Ritual circa 2000”
The Thousand Zippers
The thousand zippers,One for each timeYou were told to “zip it”.A thousand timesWhen all you were looking forWas an answer,A response,Someone to noticeThat you were alive. Your sizeMade you hard to miss.But even harder to reach.Your hands,Big as the basketballYou spent hours withOn the abandoned playground,Had a gentle touchThat your grandmotherKnew well.You carried herFrom herContinue reading “The Thousand Zippers”
Forty Years and Counting
Today is the opening for Fiberarts International. It’s pretty special. The best and the brightest innovation in a traditionally warm and fuzzy medium. Meeting the artists and the guild organizers yesterday, I am awed by this organization’s influence and support of my personally arduous and circuitous path in an ever changing definition of the fiberContinue reading “Forty Years and Counting”
Craftivism
craft + activism = craftivism. Maker participation that uses the creative process making a stronger more compassionate voice, strengthening personal activism, connecting beyond the self, and making items that facilitate political thought and action. My age old question on the hierarchy of art and craft rears its ugly head: studio art vs fiber art vsContinue reading “Craftivism”
BubbeWisdom 