"Porous Square (detail)"

 

Fruiting Body #2 c 2005
23.75" x 21"

 

Labyrinth 3: A Lifetime of Learning
c 2006
56: x 56" x 2.5"

 
 

Annie Dillard writes of a fellow sitting in a cabin teaching a stone to talk. The Incas taught stones to speak of perfecting shape and fit. In the American Southwest, stones express perfecting color by sunlight, chemistry, and time. In a new series,

I am exploring the perfect speech of stones in shapes and values. My stitches percolate among the stones, seeking their words. I thank Andy Goldsworthy for inspiring the first study.

 
 
 
 
 

2004-2005, Quilt Visions 2004, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
2004, John Wayne Airport, Ontario, CA
2004, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2003, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
2002,  San Diego Children's Museum/Museo de los Ninos

 
Presidents Award, Quilt Visions 2004
Artist Interview, Carol Duvall show on HGTV (show #1859)
Artist Interview, Simply Quilts show on HGTV (
#1137 )
 
 

La Jolla FiberArts, La Jolla, CA
C J Kuhl Gallery, San Diego, CA

website: birdworks-fiberarts.com

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