Quilts - Indigo Arts

The ancient principle of female wisdom

Sophia - The ancient principle of female wisdom.

Imaginary Creatures

From the tradition of animal bride/animal groom tales wherein a human man captures a bird or a seal or some wild creature and makes her his wife, there is a child (symbol of the union of wild and domestic) but then the man breaks his promise to the woman/creature and she disappears back into the wild. The reverse of this quilt shows only 2 red hands.

Bird Maiden - From the tradition of animal bride/animal groom tales wherein a human man captures a bird or a seal or some wild creature and makes her his wife, there is a child (symbol of the union of wild and domestic) but then the man breaks his promise to the woman/creature and she disappears back into the wild. The reverse of this quilt shows only 2 red hands.

(All Things Prosper) She shelters us all between indigo sky and violet earth.

Under My Wings - (All Things Prosper) She shelters us all between indigo sky and violet earth.

Woman as warrior, mother, protectress.

The Good Shepherd - Two sided

The Night-Sea journey

Dreamhunter - The Night-Sea journey

Our Transitions and Transformations

Annunciation - Our Transitions and Transformations

Annunciation - detail

Woman with no Mouth

Hecate, Triple Goddess, goddess of the crossroads.

Making Waves - Hecate, Triple Goddess, goddess of the crossroads.

after a 6th century Etruscan ceramic.

Mistress of the Animals - After a 6th century Etruscan ceramic.

Navajo creation goddess, small and quiet and unnoticed in corners, spinner and weaver and teacher.

Self Portrait as Spider Woman - Navajo creation goddess, small and quiet and unnoticed in corners, spinner and weaver and teacher.

Ceremonial Textile (In two parts)

Eve and the dance of the dark earth, creating.

My Ancestress Danced (the World Into Being) - Eve and the dance of the dark earth, creating.

Around the edge, on the blue ribbon, are all the words found in the dictionary which begin w 'icon'.

Icon - Around the edge, on the blue ribbon, are all the words found in the dictionary which begin w 'icon'.

Three Goddesses Impervious to Desire

The ancients believed that women, like animals, did not have souls.

Woman in Search of Her Soul

From a poem by Rimbaud (Three Marys on Translucent Feet) and the biblical three Marys.

Three Marys - From a poem by Rimbaud (Three Marys on Translucent Feet) and the biblical three Marys.

Learning to Sing in the Dark

On the Other Hand

In the Night Garden

Reverse of In the Night Garden

A Cure for the Blues

Moon Bear - Donated to an animal rescue organization to use for a fundraiser