Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning
For years I have marked the passing of the seasons by making cyanotype prints directly from plants I grow in my gardens. The prints are always unique due to individual variations in the leaves, and in the weather conditions as I print them. Discovering the process of wet cyanotype brought new excitement to my artistic practice, as the added moisture and long exposure times produce wildly beautiful and variable results. The prints in this quilt were made on long, sultry summer days, when the threat of quick thunderstorms seemed imminent. Heat lightning refers to both the bright flashes of color in the cyanotypes, and to the spark and revitalization the printmaking sessions brought to my creative endeavors.

Wet process cyanotype prints on cotton, monoprints on cotton, hand-painting, patchwork, stitching.

Size: 78”h x 32”w
For Sale: $5,200

Media

John Hopper’s Inspirational Magazine, no. 60, April 2022, Interview
SAQA Journal, Feature Article Capturing the light, reflecting nature, Volume 29 No. 3, Fall 2019
Quilting Arts Magazine, August/September 2019

Exhibit History

unCommon Threads, 2022, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, PA
SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, 2021, Paducah, Kentucky. Cancelled

SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, 2021, Branson, Missouri. Cancelled
SAQA Season after Season, AQS Quiltweek, 2021, Daytona Beach, Florida. Cancelled

SAQA Season after Season, Prague Patchwork Meeting, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic. Cancelled

SAQA Season after Season, 25th European Patchwork Meeting, 2019, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France.

SAQA Season after Season, debut at Texas Quilt Museum, 2019, La Grange, TX.

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