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Additional Artworks

From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. On The Edge II by Linda Gass, Image 1.

    Linda Gass

    On The Edge II, 2008

    Silk

    16 x 16 in (40.64 x 40.64 cm)

  2. Birth of Tenderness by Radka Donnell, Image 1.

    Radka Donnell

    Birth of Tenderness, 2006

    Cotton

    79.5 x 59.25 in (201.93 x 150.5 cm)

  3. California Heritage Quilt Project: Guild Logo Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    California Heritage Quilt Project: Guild Logo Quilt, 1988

    Cotton, polyester

    74.5 x 72 in (189.23 x 182.88 cm)

  4. By Wind and Sea this Land was Formed by Mary Balzer Buskirk, Image 1.

    Mary Balzer Buskirk

    By Wind and Sea this Land was Formed, 1977

    Linen, wool ; artwork displayed with two wood boards top and bottom - missing

    96 x 72 in (243.84 x 182.88 cm)

  5. Space Divider by Mary Balzer Buskirk, Image 1.

    Mary Balzer Buskirk

    Space Divider, 1957

    Linen

    63 x 37 in (160.02 x 93.98 cm)

  6. Block Style Crazy Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 1.

    Unknown Artist

    Block Style Crazy Quilt, 1890

    velvet, paint

    73 x 59.5 in (185.42 x 151.13 cm)

  7. Crazy Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 1.

    Unknown Artist

    Crazy Quilt, 1888

    silk

    71.5 x 58.5 in (181.61 x 148.59 cm)

  8. Crazy Quilt Top by Unknown Artist, Image 1.

    Unknown Artist

    Crazy Quilt Top, 1880

    Silk, velvet

    80 x 60 in (203.2 x 152.4 cm)

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About the artist

Therese May

Therese May (from Japan Revisited) Every time I do a piece of art I learn something new about myself. The piece may be for a show or it may be a commission that I am doing with a specific person in mind, but the piece always reflects back to me something about me. If I am angry, then it would seem that the piece would logically reflect back in anger, but that isn’t really the way it works. I have found that creating art is more a process of discovery…something is revealed which I did not know before I started. Sometimes I am delighted by whatever evolves with my materials and forms; other times it’s about some psychological truth or just some whimsy that needs expressing. Sometimes I am recycling old ideas in a new order. I usually don’t enjoy repeating myself, and yet, the wonderful repetition of doing a small task over and over again is a sort of mesmerizing activity that allows my mind to wander to other things, while remaining grounded in the tactile quality of my fabric, paint, buttons and beads. Life is a journey of healing, and I have chosen this art form as a way of expressing and communicating what I know which can’t always be put into words.