Helen Geglio
Mind Map: Thinking Routines, 2024
Stamped linen, cotton 61 x 29"
A mind map can be described as thinking made visible. By pulling a threaded needle through cloth, each stitch helps me organize my own thoughts, see connections and try to make sense of the world.
Helen Geglio
Mind Map: Everything, All at Once, 2025
Linen, cotton, silk noil 53 x 28"
A mind map can be described as thinking made visible. By pulling a threaded needle through cloth, each stitch helps me organize my own thoughts, see connections and try to make sense of the world amid a firestorm of breaking news.
Helen Geglio
Wayfinder: Through a Labyrinth, 2025
Wool, buttons 44 x 40"
The Wayfinder series is about possibility and hope. Through an entrance or portal, we navigate a labyrinth of challenges and find a way through. There is strength in making the journey together, trusting each other and believing in our collective resilience and creativity.
Helen Geglio
Mind Map: Overthinking, 2024
Linen, cotton, small objects 57 x 29"
A mind map can be described as thinking made visible. By pulling a threaded needle through cloth, each stitch helps me organize my own thoughts, see connections and try to make sense of the world.
Helen Geglio
Sparks Were Flying, 2023
Cotton, linen, found quilt top 59 x 36"
What is it that draws us to another person? How do we find someone to share a life with? Built on a rescued quilt top in the iconic double wedding ring pattern, this artwork examines the mysteries of attraction and the first sparks of interest that just may lead to something more.
Helen Geglio
Ordinary Oracle: Talismanic Cloth, 2023
Cotton, silk noil, found domestic textiles, small objects 46 x 32"
The oracle is a woman of great wisdom who speaks truth, offers insights and predicts change. She dwells among us.
Helen Geglio
Amulet Bundles for Teenage Drivers, 2022
Cotton, linen, found clothing, small objects, board book 10 x 22 x 1.5"
These amulet bundles are wrapped meditations on motherhood. Worries and fears for our children are bundled up and tied, held tightly inside protective layers of cloth.
Helen Geglio
Wisdom Cloak: The Oracle, 2021
Wool, small objects 49 x 60"
The Wisdom Cloak series is a tribute to the accumulated knowledge, experience and maturity of women, so often unrecognized and rarely celebrated. A primitive needle is sewn into each cloak, to honor the generations of women who have gone before us, stitching paths to a world of strength and beauty.
Helen Geglio
Her Armory: Pair of Woolen Brigandines, 2024
Felted Wool, embroidered and hand stitched 29 x 46 x 1 "
Her Armory is a series of protective objects for women in an uncertain and troubling time. I have used reclaimed wool from sweaters, blankets and shawls to create a conceptual armor of resilience and strength in the face of a world turned on end.
