My “Living Quilts” outdoor art installations to change over time are featured in the June 2021 issue of an Australian magazine, TEXTILE FORUM. The living quilts are outdoor public art installations that consist of a handmade paper quilt with seeds for wildflowers in the pulp to sprout, grow and bloom as the paper pulp dissolves into mulch. Each bed also has a headboard and footboard woven of local branches. The feature article about my “Living Quilts” is in the June 2021 issue, and there are many photos of the installations in different places and with different quilt patterns. You can see more about this magazine and the article at this link: https://www.artwearpublications.com.au/product/single-issue-textile-fibre-forum-magazine-142/

Below are some photos of my “living quilts” included in this article.

My Living Quilts are also featured in the latest Bulletin titled “Power” of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (www.iapma.net) that was published in April 2021. This publication is available at this link: https://www.iapma.info/Bulletin

The article is about my artist-in-residency project during the pandemic and the process of creating “Living Quilt for Sojourner Truth” that was installed in November 2020 at Sojourner Truth Park in Sacramento, CA. This project was part of the Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture 2020 Artist in Residency Program, and because of the pandemic I had to do most of the work in my own studio and involve people virtually. You can see the Zoom programs at this YouTube link about the creation of this “living quilt”:

I also had the opportunity to visit the Desert X outdoor sculpture exhibition in the Coachella Valley of California in late March 2021, and wrote a review of this exhibition for SCULPTURE magazine that is in the April 23, 2021, online edition. Desert X includes 9 large-scale outdoor sculpture installations in a variety of media by artists from around the world, and the works focus on the experience and culture of this Southern California desert valley that encompasses Palm Springs. You can read my review of Desert X online at this link: https://sculpturemagazine.art/desert-x-2021/