I chose to visually represent my journey to art education as a quilt because sewing and quiltmaking are my heritage; the medium through which I think and speak. Ten years managing my mother's quilt shop where I taught and designed textile pieces gave me the confidence to return to college and pursue a degree in art education. The central motif in this particular work, a pieced spool, reflects the centraility of cloth and thread to my creative life and represents my love of all fiber-related arts. The fabrics are largely batiks, another great love of mine. The organza ribbon which twists and turns diagonally across the piece is my journey, which has been filled with starts and stops and redirections. The keyhole through which my journey passes is art education itself.
I hope to add charms along the organza pathway to signify events and epiphanies that have punctuated my journey; crayons and scissors of childhood, art recognition and awards in school, marriage and children, and of course, the Mizzou columns. Just as my life is a work in progress, so will this work continue to be. I am comfortable with that, though. Patience and commitment have brought me this far and will sustain me as I journey on.
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