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silk thread on linen, mounted on wool blanket, framed in wood (frame not shown)
hand stitch
12 inches x 12 inches 2025 by Judy Martin
Sold in July 2025 from the Perivale gallery.
A list of exhibitions, lectures, workshops coming up.
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Under Drifting Stars |
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Prayer Cloth: Hope |
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Cloudy Day |
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Judy Martin in front of Starry Starry |
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poet in love, old cotton quilt with velvet patches by Judy Martin |
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poet in love second side, silk and rayon patchwork and hand quilting by Judy Martin 2022 |
Judy Martin's repaired and distorted quilt, Poet in Love, is part of this exhibition.
The title was inspired by Sappho, the greek poetess who wrote about Eros and by Anne Carson, the Canadian poet who studied her and then wrote Eros, the Bittersweet.
When a poet is in love, they are full of so many emotions, they are basically wrecked.
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from left: all the lived emotions (the two sculptures), sacred ground, the day, the night, and then the day again, and prayer cloth: hope |
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from left: under drifting stars, sky with many moons, starry starry in middle of room, the day, the night, and then the day again, prayer cloth:hope and inner world. |
The opening reception will happen on July 10, 5-7 pm.
This exhibition is being shown at the art gallery of Sudbury's temporary location, (174 Elgin Street, downtown Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.). The art gallery of Sudbury will be moving into a renovated building in 2026 or 2027.
The Art of Imperfection: Judy Martin's interview with Rachel Pierman is live. Click here to listen. For those who prefer to watch as well as listen, there is a youtube version. click here
Claire Keegan said:
“We all have a life we show and a life we hide and we have a life that we quietly live.”
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Family red thread on cotton and wool, 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Understanding red silk thread on linen , mounted on wool blanket 2025 12 z 12 inches |
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Prayer for the twenty-first century: Courage red and gold thread on linen, mounted on wool blanket, 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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Prayer for the Twenty-first century: Freedom red silk thread on linen, mounted on wool blanket 2025 12 x 12 inches |
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a quilt for baby earth red thread on linen, hand quilted to pink linen backing, velvet applique, embroidered text by Canadian poet PK Page, "Planet Earth" |