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In Remembrance of Springs Past

3/7/2013

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As the Maine winter goes on, and on, and on I find myself longing for spring.  The fact that I have been working up Hawaiian Applique designs for my upcoming OLLI class has intensified the longing.  These images are not, strictly speaking, Hawaiian Applique but rather a use of some of the techniques to work up a Maine crocus.  The title of this screen is Merrymeeting Spring and was co-created with my father 12 years ago.  He designed and built the frame in Maine while I made the panels in Arizona.  They came together for a show at Scott Potter's gallery in Portland Maine. 

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These crocus flowers are the first green things to poke their heads up through the snow at this time of year and I lived, for several years, in a house that my father built on Merrymeeting Bay in Topsham.  I was thinking about those years when I made the panels.  And now, when I look at the screen in my studio I think of my father.  Having a piece like this that we created together is almost like having him in my studio.  I remember his hands and how they looked working with his tools.  The work that his hands did, that my hands do, the work that any of us create contains a whisper of who we are and can hold and pass on that whisper indefinitely. 

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    The Threads of Meaning is a collection of my hand made creations and the materials I use to make them.  I quilt, sew, spin, knit, crochet, weave, make dolls, rugs (hooked and braided) and tat. I have had articles in Art and Antiques (May 2001) and American Quilter (Ultimate Projects 2004). I have sold work to the State of Hawaii and some very dedicated private collectors. I dye my own fibers and use vintage and new materials. I tend to prefer traditional techniques and natural materials used in innovative ways.

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