MIXED SIGNALS - July-September 2023, Grafton regional Gallery

…IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

brightly coloured small quilt with many small pieces of fabric embroidered with bright orange thread the words say - she's a bit of a tomboy, he's just sensitive, emotional, quiet, weird, that kid is too much, shy, he's a creative artistic type

2023

56cm x 83cm

Assorted fabric, thread, bricklayers line, plastic cord, glass beads, bamboo cotton batting.

The language of excuses and explanation about the way a child might be different is rich and loaded with nods and winks - especially when the grown-ups think the kid doesn’t understand what they mean.

if you know what i mean - detail she's a bit of a tomboy

if you know what i mean - he's just sensitive

if you know what i mean detail - he's a creative artistic type

if you know what i mean detail - that kid is too much

if you know what i mean detail - emotional

if you know what i mean progress - reverse

if you know what i mean progress - binding the slashed edges

if you know what i mean progress - slashes bound ready to embellish

if you know what i mean progress - unconventional materials embroidery, couching with builders line

if you know what i mean progress - embroidery

if you know what i mean progress - a break at the pub

MIXED SIGNALS - July-September 2023, Grafton regional Gallery

…IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAIRIES?

NOTE TO SELF