I have the honor to have work included in the exhibit Cloth Constructions, at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. Installation views of the exhibit can be viewed by clicking the link. David Hornung curated this collection of smaller works by eleven artists and gave a very interesting Textile Talk about the exhibit and artists that you can listen to by clicking. The exhibit opened September 4 and continues until January 30, 2021. The collection is work by some very accomplished textile artists and I am humbled to be counted among them. Here is a detail from one of my pieces on display:
A History of Toil: The Roost (detail)
The faded blue houndstooth fabric is from a deconstructed apron of unknown provenance. You can see the full view in my History of Toil gallery on this site.
I am enjoying the cool fallish weather, even if I don’t have much gardening energy at this time of year. The yard seems wild, yet very beautiful in its untidiness. Many visits from butterflies and birds, and a giant mantis on the garage. I don’t want to think about when we can’t be outside as much as the cold and dark move in to stay. We have had a smokey haze from the western fires these past few days and I think of my friends and colleagues in the path of the fire and in the middle of the smoke with concern and wishes for safety and a break from the punishing weather and wind. I am hoping for many things to change.