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: Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, OR 2010
Denver National Quilt Festival, CO 2011
Park National Bank Gallery, UC Clermont College, OH 2011
Pacific International Quilt Festival, CA 2013