In this body of work I also aim to pay homage to the unknown individuals throughout history who carved, painted, sewed, wove, and molded as a way of life, integrating art and utility. These people are creators of detailed and spiritually reinforcing works that have enriched world cultures in the form of everyday objects.  

I focused specifically on quilts, particularly quilts made from remnants and discarded or worn materials, because I find that there is spirituality to stitching.

Stitching is a steadfast occupation.  The sewer is working in the present, and must focus on the work at hand, but is simultaneously free to think and to remember. I believe that those self-examinations, spiritual, emotional and personal revelations, are transferred through the fingers of the sewer into the quilt.  The final product is a comforter, and that comfort is derived not only from the warmth it provides but also from the hours of work that went into the making of the quilt. Also, when a sewn work is created from a remnant I find that the work is enhanced. Recycling materials, ideas and creativity is a process, which pieces the real and the interpreted together. Light times and dark times are combined into new opportunities. What was the quilter thinking?  What investigation walked in step with the stitching?  What truths about the quilter are hidden in the work?  What revelation has that quilter secreted into your world? No matter how simple the result, the process involves layer upon layer of complexity.