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From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. How to Make a Ghost (panel 4) by Jonathan J. Shannon, Image 1.

    Jonathan J. Shannon

    How to Make a Ghost (panel 4), 1996

    Cotton, synthetic voile

    56 x 42.75 in (142.24 x 108.59 cm)

  2. How to Make a Ghost (panel 3) by Jonathan J. Shannon, Image 1.

    Jonathan J. Shannon

    How to Make a Ghost (panel 3), 1996

    Cotton, synthetic voile

    56 x 42.75 in (142.24 x 108.59 cm)

  3. How to Make a Ghost (panel 2) by Jonathan J. Shannon, Image 1.

    Jonathan J. Shannon

    How to Make a Ghost (panel 2), 1996

    Cotton, synthetic voile

    56 x 42.75 in (142.24 x 108.59 cm)

  4. How to Make a Ghost (panel 1) by Jonathan J. Shannon, Image 1.

    Jonathan J. Shannon

    How to Make a Ghost (panel 1), 1996

    Cotton, synthetic voile

    56 x 42.75 in (142.24 x 108.59 cm)

  5. Skyscraper by Gretchen Echols, Image 1.

    Gretchen Echols

    Skyscraper, 1994

    Cotton, plastic covered stamps, plastic skeletons

    56 x 42.75 in (142.24 x 108.59 cm)

  6. Amigos Muertos by Jonathan J. Shannon, Image 2.

    Jonathan J. Shannon

    Amigos Muertos, 1994

    cotton

    87 x 86 in (220.98 x 218.44 cm)

  7. 63 Journeys at Sunrise by Ludmila Uspenskaya, Image 1.

    Ludmila Uspenskaya

    63 Journeys at Sunrise, 1993

    Cotton, rayon, damask

    77 x 97 in (195.58 x 246.38 cm)

  8. Checking Over the Rainbow #5: Epicenter by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Image 2.

    Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry

    Checking Over the Rainbow #5: Epicenter, 1989

    Cotton

    43.75 x 50 in (111.13 x 127.0 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.