Blood Lines
$10,000 (piece must stay with body of work until end of exhibit run)
92”H x 66”W
2023
Blood Lines is a visual representation of shifting values over generations.
My vision was to create a huge, fibre art family tree, with each of my 102 extended family members on my dad’s side being represented by their own log cabin square. I created and sent out a twelve-part questionnaire, whose answers would act as a guide to colour and fabric selection. Most of the family responded, and do indeed have their own, unique colourful square, while some declined and others did not get in touch - these are represented by a white log cabin.
Each question corresponds to a colour, and the individual answers are represented by a specific fabric within that colour way. The red and pink stitching that runs throughout the piece is the heartbeat that flows from our Oma and Opas; the over 3000 fused coloured leaves, strewn throughout, represent the six branches of the family. School age children and toddlers answered to their own questionnaire, while the babies are represented by a generic pastel fabric.
All of our names, birth and death dates were free-motion stitched into the bottom of the individual squares. The deceased have a log cabin muted with black netting – close family members contributed questionnaire answers on their behalf.
Blood Lines is part of the Drawn Together Collective’s exhibit Stimulus/Response at the Mennonite Heritage Gallery in Winnipeg, MB from November 10 - December 9, 2023.
Blood Lines (detail)
$10,000 (piece must stay with body of work until end of exhibit run)
92”H x 66”W
2023
Blood Lines (close detail)
$10,000 (piece must stay with body of work until end of exhibit run)
92”H x 66”W
2023