Caroline's Garden: An Ode by Judy Anderson
Judy Anderson: "This book began ten years ago during my monthly visits with my mother in her California assisted living home. Traveling with linen fabric and embroidery floss was easy to pack and filled the days with my mom. The book expresses the amazing attributes of this incredible woman, her humor, love of gardening, dancing, and grace. When she died I transformed the embroidered linen by painting the front, cutting the piece in half and stitching it together to create a long scroll. The back was left raw with only the embroidery and linen exposed. Rolled in a scroll, it is placed in a clamshell box with embroidered cover. I think of the hymn: In The Garden: 'I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses.' Her spirit is there and with me always."
Processes, Dimensions, and Edition Information
Denver, Colorado: Judy Anderson, 2016. One-of-a-Kind.
Scroll: 75" x 10" extended. Embroidered and painted linen fabric with machine stitching and wood end-pieces. Front side of scroll painted with acrylic paints. Reverse left raw showing exposed underside of the embroidery on linen. Laid in fabric-covered clamshell box (7.5" x 10.5" x 2.75") with embroidered illustration and title on lid. Ribbon closure. Signed and dated by the artist.