UNDER THE PINK MOON

 

Under the Pink Moon

The second in an emerging new series about the folkloric names ascribed to full moons throughout the year. Under the Pink Moon represents April, when the full moon shines down on the tender emerging foliage and flowers of spring. The center panels are direct solar dye prints of garlic mustard, Virginia creeper, and dock leaves, all very prevalent in the woodlands of Pennsylvania. The vintage hexagon blocks, pieced from feedsack cottons, are bordered with vivid silks.

Materials: artist-painted and commercial cotton and silk fabric, vintage patchwork hexagons

Techniques: wet process solar dye botanical prints, piecing, stitching

Size: 49”h x 34”w

For Sale: $4,000

 

Exhibit History:

  • Art Quilts: Breaking Rules, Honoring Tradition, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, 2023

  • Soft Associations, Ned Smith Center for Art & Nature, Millersburg, PA, 2023

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