art quilt collection: fire

Ashes Ashes (June 2025)
15.5”w x 16"h
letterpress printed cotton; Japanese yarn-dyed cotton; hand-painted cotton; commercially printed cotton; appliqué; beads; hand-quilted with sashiko “grasses” and “waves” patterns
Art Quilt: Ashes Ashes



Fire Break (July 2024)
8"w x 33"h
Letterpress printed and handpainted cotton, linen, velvet; commercially printed and woven cottons; appliqué; hand embroidered and quilted with cotton embroidery and sashiko threads
Art Quilt: Fire Break



Fire Line: Do Not Cross (June 2024)
34.5"w x 42"h
Overdyed cotton knit with resist fluid; cotton, hand-dyed velvet, found fabric; hand drawn and handmade stencils with metallic fabric paint; letterpress printing on cotton; reverse appliqué ; sashiko-style stitching; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Fire Line: Do Not Cross
Accepted into juried letterpress show, Press On! at Pyramid Atlantic, MD: May 30 - July 15, 2025 (extended to July 20); jurors: Allison Tipton, Manager of Globe Press at MICA in Baltimore, MD and Celene Aubry, Shop Manager and Designer-Printer of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN





Magma: Undercurrents (December 2022)
32.5”w x 39.25”h
Letterpress printed on cotton; Hand-dyed cotton batting, pigmented silk organza; machine quilted
Art & Poetry Quilt: Magma: Undercurrents
Selected by juror Judy Kirpich for SAQA Global Exhibition, Color in Context: Red, to premiere at International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, November 2-5, 2023. Traveling: Australasian Quilt Convention, April 11 to 14, 2024, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia; Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair, July 3 to 6, 2024, International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW, Australia; Melbourne Craft & Quilt Fair, July 24 to 27, 2024, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, South Wharf, Victoria, Australia; Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair, October 9 to 12, 2024, Brisbane Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Queensland, Australia; Cancelled due to censorship issue: AQS QuiltWeek: Daytona Beach, Florida: February 19 – 22, 2025; Branson, Missouri: March 12-15, 2025; Paducah, Kentucky: April 23 - 26, 2025; Grand Rapids, Michigan: August 20 – 23, 2025; Lancaster, Pennsylvania: September 10 – 13, 2025
New venues: Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, VA, February 27 to March 2, 2025; The Lancaster Quilt Show at Lebanon Valley, Lancaster, PA: March 26 - 29, 2025; The Paducah Quilt Show, Paducah, KY: April 22 - 26, 2025; The North East Ohio Quilt Show, OH: July 17 – 19, 2025; Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA: September 11 to September 15, 2025; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota: January 24 - May 17, 2026



Controlled Burn (August 2022)
35.5"w x 43.75"h
Hand-dyed and commercially printed cotton, hand-dyed silk; variegated and metallic threads; free-motion quilting
Art Quilt: Controlled Burn



Dragons in the Canopy (March 2022)
30.25" round
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; Japanese cotton; letterpress printed from linoleum block; hand quilted
Art Quilt: Dragons in the Canopy



Matches Are Made of Trees (October 2020)
9.75"w x 20.5"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen and velvet; woven cotton, silk organza; random threads; hand quilted with silk thread
Matches Are Made of Trees: a Quiltlet



The Plague. The Fire. The Fall (October 2020)
24"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed cotton and velvet; commercially dyed cotton, woven cotton; seed beads; reverse appliqué; hand quilted with variegated thread and cotton thread
The Plague. The Fire. The Fall.: New Art Quilt
SOLD



Breaking Day (October 2020)
25.5"w x 45"h
Hand-dyed cotton, linen, velvet, silk; woven cotton; painted cotton with glow-in-the-dark paint; hand quilted with cotton threads
Breaking Day: Art Quilt
Featured in 2025 KQED article on "Orange Sky Day"
NFS



Wishing Stars (September 2020)
20"w x 46.5"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet; seed beads; hand quilted with cotton threads, and machine quilted with metallic silver thread
Wishing Stars: an Art Quilt



Burn Zone (September 2020)
29"w x 42"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet; hand quilted with silk and cotton threads, and machine quilted with variegated thread
Burn Zone: New Art Quilt



Big Fires Start Small (September 2020)
19.5"w x 11"h
Hand-dyed and commercial cottons, linen, velvet, flannel, old corduroy shirt, hand quilted with silk thread
Big Fires Start Small: a Quiltlet
Featured in 2025 KQED article on "Orange Sky Day"



Rough Patch (September 2020)
15"w x 23"h
Hand-dyed cotton, commercially printed cotton, linen, velvet, flannel, metallic embroidery thread, hand and machine quilted
Rough Patch: a New Quiltlet




Where Is My Home When My Home Turns Against Me? (October 2018)
62"w x 43.5"h
Letterpress from wood type, solar printed images from original photos, cotton, muslin, eco-dyed cotton, machine sewn and handstitched with linen thread
Form and New Work: Where Is My Home When My Home Turns Against Me?
Accepted for California Society of Printmakers exhibition, "Perception of Place: Works by the California Society of Printmakers & Monterey Peninsula College Printmakers Club" at Pacific Grove Art Center. September 6 - October 25, 2019. Juried by Marianne McGrath.


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