The Joss Quilt series

Exhibitions/Locations:

Textiles: Text and Context 1995
Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Gallery
Kyoto, Japan

Quilt Burning Performance
Port Liberte, NJ

Notes:

The Joss Quilts function as mourning cloths. In Chinese culture, joss paper or sticks are burned in memory of ancestors to provide security in the afterlife. These quilts memorialize my ancestors and I hope will provide for their well-being in the hereafter.

Materials:

Appliqued Joss paper and stitchery

Dimensions:

102.9 x 132.1 cm

Description:

Left to right:
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono II
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono I
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono III
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono IV
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono V
Joss Crazy Quilt Kimono V detail
Joss Quilt on beach unburned
Joss Quilt burning on beach
Joss Quilt residual ashes on beach