Artist Statement:
In 2003 I was going through a divorce and it was a particularly difficult,
lonely time. Since the act of quilting is a meditation for me, I desperately
wanted something to quilt. I quickly put these three panels together,
which represents my three children. Each panel is divided into three
sections, which represents the percentages my ex-husband and I were
discussing at the time (55/35, 50/40, 45/45 with 10% reserved for
the children). On the back of the piece, I drew a large ginkgo leaf
that spans all three pieces. It represents that no matter how much
we each might like to separate ourselves from others, we are all still
connected.
Cotton and hand-painted cotton fabric
with metallic paints; metallic and invisible threads
Each panel measures 42” h x 17” w; 42”h x 53”w
when combined together.
