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Additional Artworks

From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. “Vota PRD” Election Mola by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    “Vota PRD” Election Mola, c. 1950

    Cotton

    16 x 19 in (40.64 x 48.26 cm)

  2. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Quilt by Susan Edmans Collins, Image 1.

    Susan Edmans Collins

    Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Quilt, c. 1910

    Cotton

    75.5 x 73 in (191.77 x 185.42 cm)

  3. Log Cabin Quilt (Courthouse Steps variation/Nine Patch Double Sided Quilt) by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    Log Cabin Quilt (Courthouse Steps variation/Nine Patch Double Sided Quilt), c. 1900

    Silk

    78 x 69 in (198.12 x 175.26 cm)

  4. Coverlet by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    Coverlet, c. 1900

    Cotton, wool

    86 x 71.75 in (218.44 x 182.25 cm)

  5. Independence Mola by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    Independence Mola

    Cotton

    13 x 17 in (33.02 x 43.18 cm)

  6. Swimming with the Shark Mola by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    Swimming with the Shark Mola

    Cotton

    16 x 21 in (40.64 x 53.34 cm)

  7. Go Fish Mola by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    Go Fish Mola

    Cotton

    13 x 16 in (33.02 x 40.64 cm)

  8. Man in the Office Mola by Unknown Artist, Image 3.

    Unknown Artist

    Man in the Office Mola

    Cotton

    13.5 x 16.5 in (34.29 x 41.91 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.