Title: Abyss
Ocean depths
Alhambra series
Format: 219 x 216 cm – 7ft 2in x 7ft 1in
Weight: 1.920 g – 4 lb 4 oz
Date: 2003 – 2004
No. 102.2004.1
Technique: hand-assembled, hand-quilted textiles
Description: new, repeating ideas and texture effects based on a mosaic motif from the Alhambra palace, Grenada.
Welling up from the depths of the earth, a force cracking the earth’s crust, a volcano.
The quilting follows the contours of each fragment making up the mosaic’s geometric base, apart from the marble-print fabric, which has not been quilted.
Exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 2004
Title: Pluie de couleurs sur Grenade
Colour shower over Grenada
Alhambra series
Format: 245 x 230 cm – 8ft x 7ft 7in
Weight: 2.250 g – 4 lb 15 oz
Date: 2001 – 2003
No. 97.2003.1
Technique: hand-assembled, hand-quilted textiles
Description: the rainbow theme gets a new twist on a four-directional mesh network depicting a mosaic from the Alhambra palace, Grenada.
A palette of shaded grey frees these textile fragments from the full chromatic spectrum
The quilting follows the contours of each fragment making up the mosaic’s geometric base, apart from the colourful silky textiles, which have not been quilted.
Honourable Mention at the Paducah Expo Center in Kentucky, USA in 2003
Title: Confettis sur Rio
Confetti over Rio
Alhambra series
Format: 118 x 118 cm – 3ft 10in x 3ft 10in
Weight: 0.610 g – 1 lb 6 oz
Date: 2002
No. 94.2002.1
Technique: hand-assembled and quilted textiles
Based on the geometry of two mosaic quadrangles at the Alhambra in Grenada
Description: a carnival theme featuring masks and duality, bright colours contrasting harlequin clowns and a confetti-dotted sky.
The lacy edge follows the contours of the geometric base, affording a glimpse of the triple thickness and explaining the impression of floating.
Series:
Thaw
Magma
Semagram
Moments
Running water
Skin of the world
Five squares
Time and Space
Circles
Alhambra
Other works 2009 – 2013
Collaborative projects
