The Latin word ‘universum’ means to be turned into a single whole. I made a quilt titled 'A Boy's World' for my oldest son, it was handed down to my second child who loved it to tatters. Grown soft and worn with all the washings it was tucked away when outgrown. As my child grew into an adult she realized she was in the wrong body and her transition began. In cutting up this quilt I snipped away at the past, questioning my role as a mother. It's satisfying to transform a beloved quilt into a piece to sit in the light for all to see, as she has.

  
Method: machine quilted, hand & machine constructed, burned, painted

Materials: my children’s beloved quilt, curtains, cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread, matte medium

Echinacea VI: FireFinch (ignis Fringillidae Universum)

Continuing in my Magnolia Grandiflora series I delve further into my fascination with this prehistoric tree. The opposition of the soft, smooth tepals (petals), the curves of the stigmas in the center, and the hard, sharp seed pods have led me to further exploration and abstraction. Extensive quilting helps fight gravity. After years of fermentation, three once separate parts of my life, photography, quilting, and botany; now come together in my quilts.

Method: machine quilted, machine raw-edge appliqued, machine thread painted, hand & machine constructed

 Materials: Cotton, vinyl, reclaimed & other textiles, thread, cotton batting, polyester stuffing, aluminum wire

Magnolia Grandiflora III: Resurrected     

  
Method: machine quilted, hand & machine constructed

Materials: cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.

Echinacea paradoxa VI: Kismet Yellow 

  
2022

7 ½” high x 24” wide

Method: machine quilted, hand & machine constructed

Materials: cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread.

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Andrea Finch