36 X 39.5"
Machine pieced, machine quilted. Commercially printed cotton fabrics, various threads. Hand beaded.
Made for “Myths and Legends” online exhibit.
RAVEN figures prominently in the creation stories and other legends of many different lands and cultures throughout the world. He is the ultimate trickster and shapeshifter. How RAVEN stole the light is a Tlingit legend.
In the beginning the world was in darkness. The people were comfortable with that, in fact, they were frightened of the idea of “daylight”. Grandfather had daylight as well as the moon and the stars, but that was his secret and he kept them safely locked away inside his dwelling place. When Raven learned the secret, he was determined to steal the daylight. In order to do so, he
arranged to have himself born as a human baby to Grandfather’s daughter. Of course the baby was the joy of the old man’s life in spite of his strange darting eyes and demanding ways, which grew even worse as he grew older and learned to crawl. Grandfather had a hard time, as grandfathers do, saying “NO” to the baby, so when his grandson cried for the moon and the stars, they were given to him. He promptly tossed them into the sky and cried for the box that held the daylight. He cried and cried until he was making himself sick, and Grandfather could stand it no longer. He gave the box containing daylight to the baby who grasped the box, turned into a raven, and flew away scattering daylight all over the world.
Grandfather was sad to have been tricked by Raven, and to loose his secret treasures.
SOLD
Shown:
Myth and Legends, Fiberarts Connection of Southern Ca, CA 2004 Best Of Show
KVQG Show, Lawrence, KS 2004 Viewer’s Choice
KCQG Show, Topeka, KS 2004 Second Place
Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA 2005 Exhibit
Quiltfest of N. J., Somerset, N.J. 2005 Exhibit
Dallas Quilt Fest, Dallas, Tx 2005 Exhibit
PNQEXIII, Harrisburg, PA 2006 Best Wall, Pict.
Rodeo Days, Burlingame, KS 2006 Exhibit
Fabled Fibers, IQF, Houston, TX 2007 Exhibit
Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH 2009
LaConner Quilt Museum. LaConner, WA 2009
TAG "Monochromatic" Topeka, Ks 2010 Exhibit
TAG "Fur, Feathers & Fins" Topeka, KS 2014 Exhibit
