2023 // 9.25 x 25.5 inches

machine pieced, machine quilted, hand quilting // shot cotton, quilting cotton

Artist Statement

Joik:01 is the first quilt in a series of explorations of movement and color inspired by the free-form joy of the joik, the traditional a cappella song of the Indigenous Sámi people of Norway. In the words of musician, artist, and reindeer herder Ursula Länsman, “A joik is not merely a description; it attempts to capture its subject in its entirety: it’s like a holographic, multi-dimensional living image, a replica, not just a flat photograph or simple visual memory” (Openhorizons.org). Made during a workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood and Eliza Hardy Jones.