All Shall Be Well
This piece was a commissioned image of the 14th century mystic Julian of Norwich. I absolutely loved researching and making it. It's about light and love. After receiving near-death visions of Christ in 1373, Mother Julian recorded her experiences in Divine Revelations of Love , the first book written in English by a woman. For much of her life she lived in seclusion in a cell attached to St Julian's Church, Norwich- her real name is not known for certain. As a person of no faith, the glowing positivity of Julian of Norwich's personal faith was indeed a revelation to me. In historical context her ideas were risky, but in authorship she framed them in ways acceptable to the prevailing religious doctrines, the clever lady. AND she had a cat... The piece is worked in layers of raw edged applique in cotton, organza and paper with machine and hand embroidery. I used rectangles to represent the pages of her books of revelations, and lots of yellows, golds and silvers. There'...