Let the Light in #1
83cm x 62cm
2022
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton batting
* calico backing
* machine quilted
* signed and dated on reverse
currently travelling on exhibition
Let the Light in #2
147cm x 94cm
2022
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton batting
* calico backing
* machine quilted
* signed and dated on reverse
Monochrome? Oh really?
61cm square
2023
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton batting
* calico backing
* tie and machine quilted
* hanging sleeve for a batten
currently travelling on exhibition
Hope
134cm x 187cm
2018
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton batting
* calico backing
* tie and machine quilted
* hanging sleeve for a batten
“Beautiful, intriguing and profoundly spiritual, leaving plenty of space for the imagination.”
First showings
86cm x 170cm
2012
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton backing
* sleeve for hanging batten
First showings is a response to a prayer/poem by John Philip Newell. Inspired by the author's description of dawn, it is designed to allow a back light to bring the colours to life – to blur the boundaries between textile art and stained glass.
Joy
66cm x 170cm
2019
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton backing
* hanging sleeve for a batten
The top of this piece is bonded onto a white cotton backing to allow it to be effectively lit from behind.
Above: details from the two back-lit pieces above. Click on an image to enlarge.
Windows
80 x 25cm
2022
* 100% cotton fabric
* 100% cotton batting
* calico backing
* machine quilted
* signed and dated on reverse
a piece inspired by the Orient Express
Above: work in progress