In my studio with the wall

In my studio with the wall.  

Wanting to just make more.  

I think I’d be happier if I did 3 hours of making a day. 

Not so much reading.  Not so much tidying 💚

tree everlasting

Joyce Wieland’s whole-hearted respect for this time-honoured craft.  A quilt is an object of beauty, made through love and labour to provide both warmth and comfort.  

(quote from Anne Grace’s essay in the catalogue for the Joyce Wieland retrospective)

She repaired herself

An old Welsh quilt given to me by our neighbour, and the round tablecloth dyed with indigo and marked with dots and circles that I keep returning to, but never finish.  Maybe I will finish it this autumn. 

Domestic materials, perishable textiles, are continually being reincarnated into different states.  Ephemerality is the root of beauty.  Old fabrics gather energy from the decades of touching, but still, they fade away.  (2022 journal) 

Slowly, slowly

 

Connecting the day to day with the rest of the world.  

The world is in trauma.

We need more care. 

Composition

There is a lot of empty space. I will cut leaf shapes from paper and pin them in places to get an idea.    

Everything is Mysterious

“Something deep down inside me wants me to remember my mother purely in emotional terms. Affection or tears.  Without searching for any explanation.”  Annie Ernaux

Dream and Hope

Remember the sun’s birth at dawn.  

That’s the strongest point of love. 

Joy Harjo