WIND, EARTHQUAKE & FIRE

I loved the challenge of designing this narrative quilt, Elijah at Horeb. click on photos to enlarge

We enter in the middle of the story: Elijah fears for his life & escapes to a cave in Horeb. God speaks to him there.

“Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out & stood at the mouth of the cave. I Kings 19.

Elijah at Horeb sold at the Round Top Center for the Arts, in Maine. I made it early in my quilt years, before I had professional photos of my work taken.

DESIGNED IN MY HEAD

I created The Flood quilt in the '90's - Genesis account of the great flood. Designed in my head before sketching - ark to go across the whole quilt - picture the story progression in sections through & around this big boat. Click on quilt to enlarge.

1. Judgement from God on all people but Noah & family

2. Noah obediently builds ark

3. animals to ark

4. God shuts door/rain starts/people swept away

5. safety aboard/rain stops/great wind/water recedes

6. bird to find dry land

7. all leave ark/Noah gives thanks/God sets rainbow-promising never to flood entire earth again.

The Flood in invitational exhibit of Narrative Quilts @Yeshiva University Museum in NYC. What fun to be at the opening, watching people excitedly discovering all there is to see in this piece. Quilt in private collection.

•Filling order for giclee - adding rainbow with colored pencil.

SEQUENTIAL STORY QUILTS

I'll share the finished Rahab quilt in a couple of days. Rahab is the 4th narrative quilt I've designed in which the story sequence is pictured across the quilt.

Here I am with the Creation, in a seminary class I'm teaching in Jos, Nigeria. This quilt has logged a lot of miles with me, traveling to destinations in Asia, Africa, & Australia. The design engages & stimulates conversation, even in hard places.

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Genesis 1 - Creation account

• the spirit moving over waters

• light separated from darkness

• sky separating water

• dry land/vegetation

• sun/moon-day/night

• seasons-narrow band

• sea life/birds

• animals/man