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| Under the Flying Up Moon |
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| Under the Flying Up Moon, detail 1 |
This quilt references a colloquial name for the full moon
of August, when fledgling birds leave the nest and take to the blue skies. It
serves as a metaphor for seasonal change, both in the yearly path of the earth
around the sun, and in the stages of our lives as we experience them. I
included vintage needlework as a homage to my aunts and grandmothers, whose
farm chores left them little time for personal goals, yet they found a way to
“keep their hands busy” and express themselves artistically. The patterns they
chose often portrayed the flower gardens they meticulously maintained.
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| Under the Flying Up Moon, detail 2 |
This work continues my long fascination and with and practice of cyanotype printing on fabrics, using botanicals directly and printing from photographic negatives.
Materials: cotton and silk fabrics, vintage needlework
panel
Techniques: traditional and wet process cyanotype prints,
patchwork, stitching
Size: 48"h x 33"w
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Under the Flying Up Moon, detail 3
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The vintage embroidered panel I acquired long ago as a gift from a lovely friend who knew I collected these beauties. The side panels are cyanotype images from pictures I took on an early version of a digital camera, in 2008, of a magnificent catalpa tree in the Lancaster PA Central Park. The leaf prints are a selection of wet cyanotype prints from the past several year's experiments. Obviously I am a firm believer in having a wide and deep library of self-produced imagery to work with when inspiration strikes!
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| Under the Flying Up Moon, detail 4 |
I am honored that
Under the Flying Up Moon is one of two pieces selected for the SAQA Exhibit Connecting with Nature, which will be at the Strathmore Mansion in Rockville MD from June 20 to July 31, 2026. The other work selected is
Under the Pink Moon, which is a wonderful companion piece.
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| Under the Pink Moon |
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