I have finished making the “Living Quilt for Steckborn” artwork, and it will be installed April 15, 2021, in Steckborn, Switzerland, at a public park near the shores of Lake Constance. This project is with Haus zur Glocke, an art center in Steckborn, and some of my artworks will also be displayed at their indoor gallery in downtown Steckborn from April 17 to May 2, 2021, as part of their exhibition titled “Opening the Atlas”. The indoor show will include my “Daily Scrolls” installation of 91 handmade paper scrolls created during the first 91 days of Covid 19 quarantine here in Santa Rosa, and also one of my indoor handmade paper quilts created as an artist in residence in 2014 at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology in Oregon. It is great to have my outdoor public art installation and these indoor pieces included in the Haus zur Glocke art programs in Switzerland.

Since I am not able to travel to Switzerland due to pandemic restrictions, my outdoor public artwork “Living Quilt for Steckborn” will be installed by Haus zur Glocke in a pubic ceremony, and it will remain on view to transform into a living blooming bed of wildflowers after several months. The “quilt” is made with handmade paper pulp dyed with non-toxic dyes, and the pulp contains seeds for wildflowers in the same colors and pattern. Over time the paper pulp will dissolve into mulch, and the seeds will sprout and bloom producing a “living quilt”. The previous post on this Blog tells about how I made this artwork in my Santa Rosa studio. Here is a link to a video showing my process and telling more about my design for this “quilt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdlRSswGpD0&t=67s

I will post more photos here soon of the quilt being installed in Switzerland and the indoor exhibition. Happy Spring!