Two more word quilts wanted to be made, inspired by the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha exhibit at Berkeley Art Museum. Shelter Me is the second of the art quilts looking at language, how we read, and the patterns we look for. I purposely painted each opening of the large, commercially bought letter stencils with a different color: black, cool gray, warm gray, light gray and white. From a distance, and also because the phrase is arranged in three rows of three letters each, it is unclear what the quilt says. When using words in my work, I tend to start with whatever I hear in my head, and in this case, it relates both to a quilt or covering and to the safety we wish for all creatures.
Put Your Head on My Pillow is the third in a series of art quilts examining how we read. This time it is made of seven rows with three words in each row. The words that came to me for this one are an entreaty, I think, to a loved one. But they can also be a request, like walking in someone else’s shoes. To dream, perhaps. Or a sharing for a weary someone.
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