“Strands of IF”

39” X 47”
(2 panels hung 1” apart)

2011

Hand painted paper; Cotton velveteen; Painted fusible web; Textile acrylic paint; Webbing spray; Mica flakes; Pewter; Commercial synthetic fabrics; Silk fibres; Angelina fibres; Various threads; Glass beads; Mounted on fabric wrapped wooden frame

Collage; Free motion stitching and appliqué; Thermo-fabrication (with heat gun); Transfer foiling; Silk paper moulding; Bobbin stitching; Hand beading

Artist Statement:

When walls between universes are thin, when the parallel strands of 'if' bunch together to pass through the 'now' then certain things leak across...

~ Lords & Ladies ~ by Terry Pratchett

Exhibits:

Devon House, The Craft Counil of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada, 2011

Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL, Canada, 2011

$1700