Dorothy Caldwell Canyon 2012 stitched cotton earth ochre 13 x 17 inches Dear Dorothy I just finished reading the article in the recent SAQA journal. It is very well done and I believe that it respects your work and long career. Congratulations. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Canyon I very much enjoyed reading it and re-visiting the large pieces from Silent Ice / Deep Patience, Dorothy Caldwell Before the Glaciers Melt plant dyed with stitching and applique 14 x 17.5 inches I visited the David Kaye show just before it closed in December and spent a good long while with your work there and with talking to David about our favourites in the show and about some of his own history as a textile artist. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Before the Glaciers Melt I photographed most of the pieces and plan to put up a blog post about that exhibition soon. (Thank you for your permission). Also, may I use the quotes by you that are in that SAQA article? Dorothy Caldwell Looking Up / Looking Down 2016 dyed in the Australian outback with iron oxide and eucalyptus printed and stitched cotton, 55 x 59 inches One thing that I noticed in the new work at David Kaye Gallery is the amount and variety of the hand stitched marks. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Looking Up / Looking Down Do you agree that there is more stitching in these new pieces than in previous work? I love the way that you draw with a couched line - and how sometimes just the wrapping threads have been left behind from a removed thread, evidenced by a line of dots. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Looking Up / Looking Down Masterful. Dorothy Caldwell New Growth in Pink Earth 2016 stitched cotton, pink earth ochre 17.5 x 15.25 inches In the article, you mentioned the difference beteen a painter's gestural mark and a stitcher's smaller and perhaps tighter hand muscle mark, and how you are seeking ways to make energetic marks. Dorothy Caldwell detail of New Growth in Pink Earth Dorothy Caldwell detail of New Growth in Pink Earth I shall carry this (energetic) idea forward into my own work in hand stitch. Dorothy Caldwell Silent Fog / Listening 2016 stitched cotton with ink wash 11.25 x 14.5 inches I also responded to the quote about how you initially view your work with despair but also are grateful for the flaws and mistakes as they give you a place to begin...to repair. Dorothy Caldwell Crossing the River 2016 plant dyed and stitched linen 12.5 x 9.25 inches Thanks for both these inspirational ideas. Dorothy Caldwell Outcrop 2012 stitched cotton with earth ochre 13 x 17 inches "A stitch is a mark like any other mark. It is a dot, a line, a texture. One of my questions is how the mark made with a needle and thread is similar to or different from a drawn or painted mark. The act of stitching involves the small muscles of the hand while seated. In contrast, a painter may use his or her entire body to make a mark. I often think about how to make an energetic stitch - a stitch with a sense of gesture." Dorothy Caldwell Dorothy Caldwell detail of Outcrop Happy New Year! x Judy

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I've been getting the embroidery itch lately - a deep desire to pick up some cloth and stitch! It's been quite awhile since I've done any, knitting taking a forefront in my fibers work lately. So while looking at contemporary embroidery artists, I came across UK artist Dorothy Tucker. Her works are inspired/informed by the Bangladesh and Bengali embroidery form of Kantha. Pieces of old fabric (like sari silks) are pieced together with stitching to form cushions and quilts. Dorothy uses found fabrics and a running stitch to both draw them together and draw pictures. In her artist statement, she also talks about using digital prints of landscapes, adding layers of fabric and areas of stitching, in creating her works. It was this that got my imagination going! I'm just beginning work on a piece using these techniques - it should be ready to show you in a week or two! And I may have finally found something to do with the old botanical print files I've been collecting! In the meantime, be sure to check out Dorothy's work at the Textile Study Group here. And she does give workshops in Kantha - the classes for 2017 appear to be finished, but keep an eye on her page here for next year. Happy Creating! Deborah

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I've been getting the embroidery itch lately - a deep desire to pick up some cloth and stitch! It's been quite awhile since I've done any, knitting taking a forefront in my fibers work lately. So while looking at contemporary embroidery artists, I came across UK artist Dorothy Tucker. Her works are inspired/informed by the Bangladesh and Bengali embroidery form of Kantha. Pieces of old fabric (like sari silks) are pieced together with stitching to form cushions and quilts. Dorothy uses found fabrics and a running stitch to both draw them together and draw pictures. In her artist statement, she also talks about using digital prints of landscapes, adding layers of fabric and areas of stitching, in creating her works. It was this that got my imagination going! I'm just beginning work on a piece using these techniques - it should be ready to show you in a week or two! And I may have finally found something to do with the old botanical print files I've been collecting! In the meantime, be sure to check out Dorothy's work at the Textile Study Group here. And she does give workshops in Kantha - the classes for 2017 appear to be finished, but keep an eye on her page here for next year. Happy Creating! Deborah

The thought that fabric captures and holds “memory” excites my imagination. The thought that an old piece of clothing is implanted with stories of the wearer. The thought that a piece of stitched table linen holds within it the secrets of a household. I take the phrase “the fabric of our lives” quite literally. >>

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Lake, stitching on cotton with earth ochre by Dorothy Caldwell, 2013 I have been inspired by Dorothy Caldwell's work for decades. Absorbing Place, stitching on cotton with earth ochre by Dorothy Caldw

Dorothy Caldwell Canyon 2012 stitched cotton earth ochre 13 x 17 inches Dear Dorothy I just finished reading the article in the recent SAQA journal. It is very well done and I believe that it respects your work and long career. Congratulations. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Canyon I very much enjoyed reading it and re-visiting the large pieces from Silent Ice / Deep Patience, Dorothy Caldwell Before the Glaciers Melt plant dyed with stitching and applique 14 x 17.5 inches I visited the David Kaye show just before it closed in December and spent a good long while with your work there and with talking to David about our favourites in the show and about some of his own history as a textile artist. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Before the Glaciers Melt I photographed most of the pieces and plan to put up a blog post about that exhibition soon. (Thank you for your permission). Also, may I use the quotes by you that are in that SAQA article? Dorothy Caldwell Looking Up / Looking Down 2016 dyed in the Australian outback with iron oxide and eucalyptus printed and stitched cotton, 55 x 59 inches One thing that I noticed in the new work at David Kaye Gallery is the amount and variety of the hand stitched marks. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Looking Up / Looking Down Do you agree that there is more stitching in these new pieces than in previous work? I love the way that you draw with a couched line - and how sometimes just the wrapping threads have been left behind from a removed thread, evidenced by a line of dots. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Looking Up / Looking Down Masterful. Dorothy Caldwell New Growth in Pink Earth 2016 stitched cotton, pink earth ochre 17.5 x 15.25 inches In the article, you mentioned the difference beteen a painter's gestural mark and a stitcher's smaller and perhaps tighter hand muscle mark, and how you are seeking ways to make energetic marks. Dorothy Caldwell detail of New Growth in Pink Earth Dorothy Caldwell detail of New Growth in Pink Earth I shall carry this (energetic) idea forward into my own work in hand stitch. Dorothy Caldwell Silent Fog / Listening 2016 stitched cotton with ink wash 11.25 x 14.5 inches I also responded to the quote about how you initially view your work with despair but also are grateful for the flaws and mistakes as they give you a place to begin...to repair. Dorothy Caldwell Crossing the River 2016 plant dyed and stitched linen 12.5 x 9.25 inches Thanks for both these inspirational ideas. Dorothy Caldwell Outcrop 2012 stitched cotton with earth ochre 13 x 17 inches "A stitch is a mark like any other mark. It is a dot, a line, a texture. One of my questions is how the mark made with a needle and thread is similar to or different from a drawn or painted mark. The act of stitching involves the small muscles of the hand while seated. In contrast, a painter may use his or her entire body to make a mark. I often think about how to make an energetic stitch - a stitch with a sense of gesture." Dorothy Caldwell Dorothy Caldwell detail of Outcrop Happy New Year! x Judy

HiStories Uncovered I’m super excited that this piece is currently on exhibition at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles as part of Excellence In Fibers 2017. This is an annual juried textile exhibition by the magazine Fiber Art Now

I have been working with intensity on my piece for Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder. I've named the one panel I'm focusing on Beginning With Time. (continued from here) The size has increased and I am glad that I can no longer touch the edges. I used borders to achieve the increase in scale but now have some design challenges and not much time left before I have to ship the panel to Newfoundland. I am loving the process. Ordered seed stitch. Accumulation. I hope that what my work communicates is the quiet joy of making and at the same time the feeling that we are each just a tiny speck. go slow....stop thinking.....look around Van Gogh

Judith e Martin Canadian artist Judith e Martin combines traditional hand stitch, local natural dyes and used domestic textiles to connect us poetically with our own interior worlds. Her large format textiles are included in several Ontario public art collections (Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Cambridge) as well as the International Quilt Museum in the USA and the Canada Council Art Bank. Martin has exhibited her work internationally and holds two BA degrees in fine art; one from Canada (Lakehead 1993 chancellors medal) and one from the UK (Middlesex 2012 first class honours. The artist grew up on a large rural property in Northwestern Ontario ten miles from anywhere and believes that the solitude of long summers is how she discovered the inner dream world that is her subject. For the last thirty years, Judy and her husband have continued to live far from the urban on Manitoulin Island in the Great Lake Huron. Judy Martin thanks the Ontario Arts Council for encouragement and financial support. Judy's website: judithemartin.com Judy's solo exhibition at the Festival of Quilts 2024 video recording by k39 Judy's 2024 video interview with Fibre Arts Take Two Judy's 2023 zoom presentation for Rue Pigalle Judy's 2023 podcast interview with Zak Foster on SEAMSIDE Education 2012 First Class Honours, BA Embroidered Textiles, Middlesex University, London England 1994 Honours BFA, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Canada, Chancellor’s Medal Recent solo and two person exhibitions 2024 Softer and Dreamier: solo exhibition at the Festival of Quilts Birmingham, UK In the Middle of the World ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Sept 7 - Oct 26 (with Penny Berens, curated by Miranda Bouchard 2023 Northern Ontario, an installation, World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario Stardust: a solo exhibition at the Gore Bay Museum, Gore Bay Ontario In The Middle of the World: two-person exhibition at he Muse, Kenora Ontario Inside Out: Solo exhibition at Homer Watson House, Kitchener, Ontario 2021 In The Middle of the World: two-person exhibition at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte Ontario , catalogue available 2019 Beauty, Emotion, Sprit, Soul: solo exhibition at One Sky Gallery, Sudbury Ontario 2018 Cloth of Time: two-person exhibition at the Mary E Black gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia (with Penny Berens The Cloud In Me: solo exhibition at World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario 2017 The Cloud In Me: solo exhibition at the David Kaye Gallery, Toronto Ontario Canada 2015 Mended World: solo exhibition at the Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario 2014 Mended World : solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Sudbury video of Judy's artist talk at the opening reception Lucky Protection: solo exhibition at the Northern Artist Gallery in Sudbury, Ontario 2013 Mended World : solo exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Ontario, catalogue available Selected Group Exhibitions 2024 Renewal: SAQA Canadian Members at Homer Watson House, Kitchener, Ontario Catalogue available. July 5 - September 8, tours until late 2026. 2023 Quilts = Art = Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Centre, Albany New York, USA ***Underfoot the Earth Divine won the Schweinfurt Award*** Minimalism: SAQA curated exhibition at the Europeen du Patchwork in Alsace, France, catalogue available. Among the Garbage and the Flowers: curated at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario Canada. catalogue available Quilt National: juried exhibition at the Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio USA ***UNDER DRIFTING STARS won the Handwork award.*** artist talk about her quilt 2022 Evolve six person exhibition at the Propeller gallery, Toronto Ontario, September 14 - October 2 organized by artist/curator Loree Ovens Fine Art Textiles Award Shortlist exhibition: August 18 - 21 at the Festival of Quilts Birmingham England and also at the Knitting and Stitching Shows in London (October) and in Yorkshire (November). ***Underfoot the Earth Divine was highly commended *** The World We Know April 8 - June 13 2022 New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery (Canadian Pioneer) 2021 QUILT NATIONAL Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio, USA (Prayer To The Sky) and then toured to Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic Connecticut in spring of 2022 2020 Visions 2020, Visions Art Museum San Diego California, online only because of the pandemic 2019 Ontario Craft 19 Ontario Craft Gallery downtown Toronto *** How Much I Tried Not To Worry won best of North award*** All Stitched Up Collins University Library, Tacoma Washington Hard Twist 14:Entwined - Gladstone Hotel, Queen Street West Toronto 3D Expression Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum and touring for 3 years, a SAQA touring global exhibition curated by Bruce Hoffman Housewarming Craft Ontario gallery, Toronto Ontario Innovation 19 Quest Gallery, Midland Ontario *** My Light Green Heart awarded 2nd place *** 2018 In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island, Ontario Fibreworks 2018: Queen's Square Gallery, Cambridge On, jurors Melissa Bennett and Meghan Price Masterworks: tours Japan and the USA until March 2019 curator Martha Sielman 2017 Masterworks: Art Quilts International, International Quilt Festival: Houston Texas, curated by Martha Sielman and touring globally until 2021 Hard Twist 12: Yarn Gladstone Hotel Toronto Ontario, curators Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei Prayer Flags for Canada, Gore Bay Museum, Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada A community invitational project, curated by Nicole Weppler Perspectives From Here Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Ontario Canada North Western Ontario artists curated by Nadia Kurd QUILT NATIONAL, Dairy Barn Athens Ohio. jurors Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux,Art Martin. two awards: Lynn Bergman award for Surface Design and the Surface Design Association's award Quilt National video of Judy Martin (In)finite: Canadian Textile Exhibition, Christ church Cathedral, Vancouver BC Canada, organized by Thomas Roach. Craft Ontario 17 1106 Queen W Toronto, jurors Gordon Thompson, chung-Im Kim International Quilt Festival Chicago, Traditional mid-West USA and Canada exhibition 2016 World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario Curators: Dawne Rudman, Gareth Bate Elemental Festival, Kagawong, Manitoulin Island Canada Curator: Sophie Edwards Hard Twist 11: Spin Gladstone Hotel,Toronto Ontario Curators Chris Mitchell, Helena Frei In the Spirit of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Perivale Gallery, Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada curator: Shannon McMullan My Corner of the World: Canada Stratford Perth Museum, Stratford Ontario Canada, Curator Micaela Fitzsimmons a SAQA exhibit 2015 Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn New York Jurors: Mary Ann Jordon, Linda Colsh and Cynthia Corbin Hard Twist 10: Memory, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Curated by Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder, Woody Point Discover Centre, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, and Devon House, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. curated by Gloria Hickey and Philippa Jones pdf catalogue Pop Folk T3xtiLEs, la Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario , Canada and Campbell House museum, Queen St West, Toronto, Ontario (Le Labo Gallery). curated by Sophie LeBlanc Citizen of Craft, promotional video for Craft Ontario view here 2014 Quilts=Art=quilts (award) Schweinfurth Art Centre Auburn New York Visions: The sky's the Limit (award) San Diego California World of Threads Festival Oakville Ontario Two solo exhibitions 500 Traditional Quilts, International quilt Festival Houston Texas 2013 Ontario Craft 13 Ontario Craft Council,Toronto Ontario 2012 World of Threads Festival Oakville, Ontario three group exhibitions Quilts=Art=Quilts Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center Auburn, New York Tradition in Transition curated by Sandra Reford Carrefour du Patchwork, Alsace, France 2011 Ontario Craft 11 Ontario Craft Council, Toronto Quilt National 2011 The Dairy Barn (touring) Athens, Ohio, USA Craft Currents Ontario Craft Council (touring) Northern Ontario 2010 Fibreworks 2010 Cambridge Galleries Cambridge 2009 A Common Thread World of Threads Festival, Oakville, Ontario 2007 Tactile Architecture International Quilt Festival (touring) Houston USA Celebrate Craft Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador St Johns NL 2005 Triple X ,Visual Arts Ontario (tour) Toronto Canadian Art Quilts in Japan (curated by Valerie Hearder) Yokohama, Japan Material Metamorphosis (curated by Emma Quin) Ontario Craft Council, Toronto 2003 Masterpieces: Spirit and Strength International Quilt Festival (tour Europe) Houston Family Matters (3 person) WKP Kennedy art gallery, North Bay 2002 Art Quilts: Encrustations, International Quilt Festival, Houston USA 2000 Arts 2000 (RCA exhibition) Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario 1996 Oh! Canada Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1995 Picking up the Pieces , York Quay Gallery, Toronto 1994 Quilted Stories, A Space Gallery, Toronto 1992 Canadian Contemporary Quilts Rodman Hall (tour), St Catherine’s 1990 Quilt Evolution (curated by Kai Chan) Museum for Textiles , Toronto I Am Where I Live , Pictograph Gallery (tour) Atikokan 1989 Redefined: The Quilt As Art, Whyte Museum (toured), Banff Judging and Jurying 2020 Land Art, online exhibition of SAQA members, Judy was one of three jurors, the others were Susan Lenz and 2015 Edge of the Forest exhibition of 53 Canadian Members of the international Surface Design Association. Judy Martin judged the award of excellence. (jurors: Joe Lewis, Line Dufour, Rachel Miller) exhibit toured Canada 2014 Stitches Across Time national exhibition, pieces inspired by six pieces in the Dufferin Museum and Archives collection. Judy Martin, Judith Tinkl, Dorie Millerson were jurors. 2013 Threadworks national exhibition, theme of WATER. Wellington County Museum, Ontario. Judy Martin, William Hodge, Sylvia Naylor were jurors. Hear Judy speak at Threadworks 2013 exhibit toured Canada Selected recent Publications 2023 In the Middle of the World- soft cover and digital catalogue, available October 2023 Bayfield - Nares Inlet - Association annual members book, feature article by Ginny LeVan 2020 Quilting Arts December 2020-Jan 2021 issue 108, feature article by Cate Prato 2020 Patchwork Gilde September 2020 issue 140, feature article by Uta Lenk (Germany) 2018 Art Quilts Unfolding - Judy Martin is included in this important book pub by SAQA Judy's 2019 interview with School of Stitched Textiles Lancashire, UK 2018 Not To Know But To Go On, A Poem About Time by Judy Martin 6" x 6" booklet 2016 Art Quilts International: Abstracts and Geometrics by Martha Sielman, Schiffer. 2015 Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art Claire Wellesley-Smith, Batsord. 2014 500 Traditional Quilts curated by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, Lark Books 2013 Mended World, a catalog for the exhibition essay by Elizabeth Kalbfleisch, published by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery 2011 World of Threads Interview by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bates In the Middle of the World a catalogue of the exhibition, with essay by Miranda Bouchard is available for purchase and read it for free ONLINE at this link Selected recent Teaching 2019 CSARN mentorship with Sophie Anne Edwards, Manitoulin Island 2018 Meditation Panels workshop, Elliot Lake Summer Arts 2017 CSARN mentorship with Mariana Lafrance, Manitoulin Island. 2016 Celebrating Our Circles - four separate one day workshops for the Canadian Embroiders Guild, London's 45th anniversary celebration Cross My Heart - stitch collage one day workshop, Manitoulin Island Ontario 2015 Meditation Panels Workshop: Part of Fibre Arts Newfoundland. 2011 Slow Art: A weekend workshop. Fibreworks Kingston, Ontario 2008 The Power and Beauty of Hand Stitched Textiles: a five-day workshop Canadian Embroiderer's Guild Summer Workshop Selected recent Speaking 2024 The Aesthetics of Care - a youtube interview with Fibre Arts Take Two 2023 Turning Forever to the Heart - a recorded zoom presentation for Rue Pigalle about Judy's quilt/life. 2923 Under Drifting Stars Judith E Martin's recording for Quilt National on you tube. 2023 Two artist presentations at the Muse in Kenora, May 12, a digital slide presentation about Judy's life and art practice, and on May 13, a walk through of In the Middle of the World alongside Penny Berens. 2021 In The Middle of the World artist opening talk for the exhibition, September 29 2021 over zoom. Penny Berens and Judy Martin speak about how living close to nature informs their work for the exhibition, the question and answers were also recorded. 2020 Textile Talk: 3:D Expression panel April 2020 Weave podcast with Judy Martin May 2020 My Awakened Heart / My Pandemic Summer originally for York Heritage Quilt Guild, Mosaica SAQA Conference March 2020 Handwork, Homework, Heartwork: Adventures in Long Distance Collaboration Miranda Bouchard (curator) Judy Martin, Penny Berens. 2017 The Aesthetic of Simplicity, 2 minute you tube video, Quilt National 2017 2016 Marking my place, a thousand walks, luminous halo path walk and talk Elemental 2 Festival, Kagawong Ontario installation and performance Go Slow, Stop Thinking 45th anniversary of Canadian Embroiders' Guild It is an Honour to Make a quilt Sudbury quilt and stitchery Guild 2014 Motherly Advice - keynote speech, Espanola Fibre Festival, Espanola Ontario 2013 Touch is the mother of the senses - Opening lecture, Mended World Exhibition, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Ontario 2012 Not Finished Yet - trunk show, Pomegranate Quilt Guild, Toronto Ontario Permanent Public Collections International Quilt Museum, Nebraska USA Ontario Government Canada Council Art Bank Ontario Juried Show collection Thunder Bay Art Gallery Art Gallery of Sudbury Idea Exchange: Cambridge Art Galleries Contemporary Fibre Art Collection Judith Martin was Artist in Residence in her local community of Little Current Manitoulin circle project 2009 - 2013 Gallery Representation Guildworks, Bloomfield, Prince Edward Country, Ontario Perivale Gallery Spring Bay Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada David Kaye Projects, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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