Judith Martin
Island Heart (detail), 2020
silk, rayon, natural plant dyes, rust, cotton, sari yarn, silk and cotton threads, 203 x 185 cm
Judith Martin
Island Heart, 2020
silk, rayon, natural plant dyes, rust, cotton, sari yarn, silk and cotton threads, 203 x 185 cm
Judith Martin
Snowy (detail), 2023
wool, natural dyes, rayon foundation, cotton thread 153 x 153 x 8 cm (distorted textile)
Judith Martin
Snowy, 2023
wool, natural dyes, rayon foundation, cotton thread 153 x 153 x 8 cm (distorted textile)
Inspired by Canadian winters.
Judith Martin
You Are A Single Star (detail), 2024
vintage quilt patches (dresden plates) some of them mended with velvet, wool fabric dyed with plant dyes, cotton and wool threads, wool batt, vintage damask back cloth 227 x 227 cm
The original quilt was a rectangle of 15 blocks and I wanted to make a square quilt of 16 blocks, hence the single star.
Judith Martin
You Are A Single Star, 2024
vintage quilt patches (dresden plates) some of them mended with velvet, wool fabric dyed with plant dyes, cotton and wool threads, wool batt, vintage damask back cloth 227 x 227 cm
When I was a bride, I made a dresden plate quilt from sewing scraps. It became worn out after years of use, and in 2019, I began mending it by unpicking the plates and re-applying them to new wool cloth that I've coloured with local plants. Some of the original patches were worn and so I replaced those ones with silk velvet. My sensuous youth is held in these stitches.
