31″ x 35″
From the day I was surgically altered until I was 35 years old, I never spoke of the “procedures.”
This piece is about living in denial & refusing to talk about it.
The lips are stitched shut signifying my silence, with the years reflected in 5 year bundles.
machine-stitched
exhibits: National Quilt Museum, KY 2017
Pacific International Quilt Festival, CA 2013
Park National Bank Gallery, UC Clermont College, OH 2011
Denver National Quilt Festival, CO 2011
Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, OR 2010
