Free at Last
31.5 x 30.5 in (h x w)
Healing

I bought a small vintage parish register in a Paris flea market, recording donations made to pay for masses for souls in purgatory, dated 1928-1944. In early 2020 I decided to pay homage to all the lives lost in this pandemic by painting a butterfly on those pages every day for 100 days. It became a a lovely and meditative process that I looked forward to each day. They were printed on silk with additional organza butterflies layered over them. The finished quilt did not represent grief for me but a joyful release of so many souls.

Exhibited by:

Lisa Ellis

Other works by Karen Miller

Free At Last , 2021
31.5 x 30.5 in (h x w)
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA)

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