Yin Yin enters private collection

 

The title, Yin Yin, refers to the philosophy of yin and yang. 

If yang is fast, yin is slow, if yang is sun, yin is moon.  Yang is my outers self, while yin is my inner.

The first side of this small piece shows off the raw tactility of the wrong side of reverse applique dots, metaphors for our interesting, vulnerable inner selves. 

The back of the piece, usually against the wall, is marked with the right side of those same dots.

yin yin on display in the STARDUST exhibition, 2023, Gore Bay Museum

My work explores the idea of inner self.

yin yin on display in the INSIDE OUT exhibition, 2023,
Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario Canada 

  

Humans have two sides, public and private.                                                                                              With two 'wrong' sides, this piece represents private and private.

Yin yin in SOFTER and DREAMIER exhibition 2024, Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK

An original quilt made with three layers of material. The first layer is made from hand dyed linen. The middle layer is wool batting.  The third layer is white wool gauze. 

A grid of hand dyed velvet dots covers the surface of both the front and the back of the quilt.  On the first side, these dots are surrounded by raw edges of linen, while on the second side the dots are neatly finished.  It was while making the dots that the artist discovered the importance of the second side, or what she terms ‘the inside’.  The ‘inner world’ has since become her primary subject.   

Yin Yin is 27 x 36”             Reverse applique, hand quilted with cotton button thread.

This week, Yin Yin enters a private collection in the USA.