I am a Tree
Over my lifetime I have embraced many identities–only child, big sister, student, artist, teacher, wife, mother, grandmother, friend. As I said before, identity is fluid, ever changing and each of us is, perhaps, the person least able to describe ourselves. It has always been, for me, that the
Diverse Identities
I was thinking about the new (to me) phenomenon of people claiming gender identities other than male and female. I started out with that as my quilt theme. But my quilt turned out more about sexual orientation. Which is not so unusual anymore. “Gay” and “lesbian,”
Leave traces behind
The most distinctive mark of our outward appearance is our fingerprint. Every day we are leaving a multitude of traces in the analog as well as in the digital world, without allowing anybody to gain insight into our hearts. Thus we have to ask ourselves: Who are we an
I Am Who I Am
I am an introspective type of person. I think I am the only one who truely knows the mess that is in my head. So I felt I should attempt a self portrait for this prompt as it would be a first for me and an attempt to look
Young Self
I made two quilts for this prompt. The first one sort of began back in the spring, when I took a class from Paula Kovarik about machine quilting on a domestic sewing machine. Here is a picture of me showing some of my stitched assignments from that class. One assignment
The face behind the mask?
I think we have several different masks. If I wearing a mask, It is not easy for you to know my real face and feelings. It is a seemingly happy “mask”, but the face behind it may be very unhappy. People often wear a different mask to hide such problems. Just
The Mask of Confidence
I have always supposed that some folks are just born with confidence and some of us have to earn it. Maybe we all do.I still don’t know, because most of us have learned to put on the mask of confidence when we are feeling unsure of ourselves. Walk into
In Plain View
In Plain View Colleen Kole 2019 32x 42 I have always disliked masks. They make me feel so claustrophobic and despite attempts to join in all the fun, I just never could do it. Although I do remember being an obsessive Batman fan and wearing a costume for
Masks from the 30-Years War
The Veteran’s Administration pays survivor benefits to survivors for veterans who have served during wartime. The list of eligible wars starts with the Mexican Border Period (1916-17), World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam era (two different payout systems, depending on whether service was in Vietnam
Hashtag life
My final piece as a member of Cloth in Common is inspired by the masks we all wear in public and specifically the masks we wear on social media. If you are honest with yourself you will acknowledge that we all ‘edit’ the life we present on social media