City Flag

I've always been fascinated with african textiles. The flags made by the Fante Asafo are often very well designed and tell stories and messages.

This quilt was made in different pieces over a number of years. The upper left corner is represent the downtown section of a city with the large 'monster' homes surrounding it on the left side and top. The rest of the quilt shows highways cutting through red suburbs and the green of the country side.

The fabric is commercial cotton and the layers with batting are tied together.

Men's Work

'Men's Work' combines old ties, suit-like japanese fabric, denim and shell buttons, as well as batting. The layers are hand quilted.

I made this as the complement to 'Women's Work', a quilt about the work undertaken by women in an african village in the 70's.

This quilt relates to fabric and colours that men would be wearing to work in north america. I like the darkness of the quilt as it reminds me of conservative quilts made by the amish or mennonites.

The Colour of Dust

This quilt was inspired by a science story. Scientists are studying the colours of interplanetary dust. From this analysis they can tell the composition of the planets. I doubt however the colours of the dust are quite as bright as the colours in this quilt.

This work also reflects a very old quilt design called 'Chinese coins'.

Japanese cotton, commercial cottons and batting have been used to create this quilt. It is tied rather than quilted. The size is 38" x 53".