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A New Goodwill Quilt

These are some squares for a new piece which will be part of my Goodwill series. The Goodwill quilts are made mostly, if not exclusively, of fabric recycled from second-hand clothing.  I'm liking the look and feel of heavy cotton that's been washed a lot.  The colors are soft and yet have some of the same richness I admire in old quilts.  Every piece of clothing has a story and there's just something about piecing all those stories together, even if I can't read them very specifically.  I wish I still had that pair of lavender bell bottoms I wore for most of 8th grade. That color would be great in a quilt.

New Collages

These new collages feel full of energies and potentials, strong but perhaps unresolved.  Will the energies expand in a grand explosion?  Will the potentials coalesce or will the tiny black holes absorb everything into black nothingness?  Perhaps time will tell.

The Miss Worcester Diner

This summer I had a classic diner breakfast in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Sitting in a diner is like playing in a tent made from a sheet over a card table when you were a kid.   It's a whole world, a steamy tin can, a not-quite-real building where someone might bring you hot chocolate if you ask nicely.

yikes!

Stitching Things Together

One of my visual preoccupations is with stitching - actual or virtual, real or metaphoric. I like to see how things are connected. When things are collaged together, the challenge can sometimes be in seeing the connections. Crow, pumpkin, heart, beehive? Flight, fruit, flow, community? Magic, bounty, mystery, communion...?