2023 // 53 x 30 inches

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

Artist Statement

Joik:02 is the second 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.