In my work as artist, I use paints, dyes, wax, and discharge agents to create my own fabrics. Layered with text and images, my work explores memory and a sense of loss, both individual and collective.

Captivated by found and recycled objects, including corrugated cardboard, old photos and ephemera, I'm also intrigued by the design potential of construction fence, kitchen implements and other ordinary objects.

I'm disturbed by how easily we throw away, tear down, and  obliterate the past, often with no improvement. As I re-purpose the fragments I find, I am giving them new life.

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Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth, published by C&T, was nominated for two best book awards and has been an international best seller since it came out in 2008.

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if you can't have fun while you're learnining (or teaching), what's the point?  Ask my students!

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Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts is the perfect book for modern quilters who want to push the boundaries,make original work, and not worry about "perfect."  Destined to be another best-seller, it comes out in November, 2011.

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