Visualizing Memory
Maybe three or four weeks ago I started a new small art quilt. This is one I’ve been thinking of making for some time, since last year at least. The series this begins is listed over there –> in my sidebar. This particular one is about memory.
The background is linen, and the strips are made from pieced strips of my kimono silks. The strips are now sewn on, and I’ve started the embroidery/quilting part. It’s several different colors of thread, just running stitches. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, silk is a tough fabric. Poking a needle through can be quite a battle.
The inspiration for this quilt is my own journals, including this one. I’ve kept a journal since I was very young. I have pages and pages and books of journal writing. And one thing I learned, when I started to go back and read it, I realized that how I remember things is often the product of how I wish to remember them rather than just the plain facts. Over the years, listening to others’ memories, I’ve realized this happens to everyone in some way – people make up memory to suit how they want to remember things. And sometimes even more interesting are the things that trigger memories in people.
So this is my visualization of memory, or the beginning of it.
2 Comments
feel free to leave a few words of your own...Jennifer — Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 8:49 am (link)Can’t wait to see it when it’s finished.
Melissa — Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 10:44 am (link)It looks really, really beautiful. I too can’t wait to see it.
