Hope

Hope
35" l x 35 1/4" w
new and used cotton, silk, rayon
machine appliquéed and quilted

A dried-up orchid petal pinned to my wall kept calling me. It had lost its beauty, but was somehow still gorgeous, so eventually I sketched it, with all its veins and dips. It turned into this piece -- part blossom, part mandala, part firebird. Hope.

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