Wednesday, May 15, 2024
FESTIVAL of QUILTS discount code
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Material Poetry: a presentation for the Puyallup Quilt Guild
manitowaning bay in the morning |
prayer to the sky a 2020 |
prayer to the sky b 2020 |
lamentation 2022 |
Entirely hand stitched, even the small squares in this green quilt were sewn by hand. The red circles were hand embroidered into the piece after the quilting was finished.
the good and the true 2022 |
My style has evolved over the 50 years I've been making quilts.
Newer pieces have a feeling of empty space.
dear earth 2018 |
Circles, spirals, crosses, and dots are human marks, understood by everyone, a common language from all cultures around the globe and through time from pre-history to the present.
help me to balance 2018 |
I often use old domestic textiles such as flannel sheets, tablecloths, and wool blankets. And red thread. I use red thread a lot.
inner world 2022 |
inner inner world 2022 |
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Help Me To Balance continues Minimalism Tour
Help Me To Balance, a quilt Judy made from ancient flannel sheets and red thread, is part of the SAQA global exhibition Minimalism curated by Dorothy Caldwell showed in Brno, Czech Republic. April 19 - 21, 2024.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
New Work for Guildworks in 2024
Soft Jewel Heart a hand pieced and hand quilted 2019, 28.25 x 27.25 inches
New work for the Perivale Gallery in 2024
How Much I Tried Not To Worry hand stitched fabric construction 39 x 39 inches
Winner of the Best of North award from Craft Ontario 2019
How Much I Tried Not To Worry (reverse side) Judy Martin 2019 |
Friday, April 05, 2024
The Textile Galleries at Festival of Quilts
Snowy Snowy by Judith E Martin naturally dyed wool log cabin fabric construction |
Along with many workshops, lectures, shopping, and hundreds of competition quilts there will be nine textile galleries at the Festival of Quilts. “This year's incredible line-up celebrates the creativity and diversity of the world's most talented quilters and textile artists.”
Click here for the link to the Textile Galleries to read about South America's Carolina Oneto who will be showing a large collection of her abstract modern quilts, Lynne Edwards’ 50 year’s of quilts, Amy Pabst's exhibition of miniature quilts and British modern quilter Sarah Hibbert's joint exhibition with Korean quilter, Jaeyoung EOM.
The Festival welcomes you to use the discount code JUDITH24 when you purchase tickets to the festival save two pounds on standard admission.
Friday, March 29, 2024
In the Middle of the World catalogue now available for online viewing
The artists (Judith e Martin and Penny Berens) the curator, Miranda Bouchard, and the book's graphic designer, Zoe Wonfor are pleased to share our 125 page catalogue to interested people for free on Judy Martin's website at this link.
It is also available on Miranda Bouchard's website in pdf format at this link.
The catalogue has an ISBN number, 9781738969210, and is available for viewing through the Library and Archives Canada with this link.
If you want to hold something in your hands and turn the pages slowly, there are still some soft cover books available from three Ontario outlets: The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Lake of the Woods Museum / Art Centre. and the Manitoulin Expositor book store.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Poet in Love selected for Renewal exhibition
Congratulations to all of us (see list below) and thank you to the jurors and to the hard-working SAQA committee who organized this opportunity.
Terry Aske - Witch Hazel Magic
Susan Avishai - Rise Again
Heather Bennett - Covid Spring
Sabrina Capune - A Chinook Renewal of Winter
Victoria Carley - Blakiston 2023
Robynne Cole - Life Rings True
Mary Cope - Beneath Our Surface
Millie Cumming - Please, Please
Donna-Fay Digance - Forest Renewal
Lori A. Everett - Forest Hope
Kristi Farrier - My Mother’s Garden
Mita Giacomini - Bovinity
Heather A. Hager - Urban Renewal
Margaret Inkster - Frosty Fronds
Joan Flett Kilpatrick - Celebrate
Steph Kincaid - Can’t Keep Me Down
Tracey Lawko - Harbingers
Toni Major - Leaving the Dark
Judy Martin Poet in Love
Marie McEachern - First Blooms
Beth McKay - Making Peace
Lee McLean - Reclaiming Joy
Diane Nunez - Twister 2
Jenny Perry - There is a Crack in Everything
Lorraine Roy - Germination
Helena Scheffer - Kiribati
Susan Selby - Winter Solstice
Linda Strowbridge - Long Street Legacy
Maggie Vanderweit - Find Your Way
Kit Vincent - Tri-Colour White
Anna Wagner Ott - Shroud
Lynda Williamson - Passing On
Beth Susan van Wyngaarden - Kim’s Pine Cone