Quilt of Repurposed Motherhood Moments: dailyness, flecks of gold, messiness and impermanence 2021

My daily drawings begin with noticing: folds of fat on baby thighs, weight of snow on chamisa, salmon clouds at dawn, first pea shoot in spring, hummingbird silhouette against moon, homeschool math struggles, sticky words, toddler’s rose petal kiss. At my early morning kitchen table studio, I use the blank back of an old business card and black ink pen to absorb and transform awareness into lines and shapes. Some drawings are abstract, others representational; each is a tiny window into one fleeting moment, thought, delight, challenge, presence or insight nested within many others. I title the drawing, make a few notes and tuck it into a cigar box, my tiny drawing library. Carefully printed onto remnants of our family’s repurposed bed sheet, these observations are sewn into this quilt, dyed and stained with Irish Breakfast black tea, edges raw; a celebration dailyness, messiness, flecks of gold, off-grid family life, impermanence, mindfulness and growth.

This quilt is assembled and arranged from my 2021 daily drawings and stained with daily tea bag drips from my morning cuppa.

Materials: Pen and ink drawings printed on repurposed family bedsheet with inkjet printer, black tea, thread, wood
Size: 20" Width x 29" height x 1.5"depth

The Assemblage…