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From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. Family Life by Susan Else, Image 1.

    Susan Else

    Family Life, 2014

    Cotton over commercial plastic skeletons

    38 x 20 x 20 in (96.52 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm)

  2. Kindred Spirit by Flo Oy Wong, Image 1.

    Flo Oy Wong

    Kindred Spirit, 2004

    mixed media (cloth rice sack, silk, beads, thread, text)

    62 x 28.5 in (157.48 x 72.39 cm)

  3. Woman with Two Gents by Leslie Gabrielse, Image 1.

    Leslie Gabrielse

    Woman with Two Gents, 2001

    various commercial fabrics

    59 x 76 in (149.86 x 193.04 cm)

  4. Lieu Ngon Kay, 1951 by Flo Oy Wong, Image 1.

    Flo Oy Wong

    Lieu Ngon Kay, 1951, 2000

    Sequins, beads, painted text, US flag

  5. The Spirit of the Dream (Is the Unity of Humankind) by Therese May, Image 1.

    Therese May

    The Spirit of the Dream (Is the Unity of Humankind), 1999

    Various fabrics, paint, embellishments

    71 x 70 in (180.34 x 177.8 cm)

  6. Practice by Suzan Friedland, Image 1.

    Suzan Friedland

    Practice, 1999

    Linen

  7. Harriet Powers Story Quilt (Reproduction) by Harriet Powers, Image 1.

    Harriet Powers

    Harriet Powers Story Quilt (Reproduction), 1994

    Cotton

    86.5 x 84 in (219.71 x 213.36 cm)

  8. Savannah Cloth by Suzan Friedland, Image 1.

    Suzan Friedland

    Savannah Cloth, 1994

    Linen, mixed media

    79 x 59 in (200.66 x 149.86 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.