Magical Thinking Attempt no. 2
Magical Thinking Attempt no. 2
Materials: Cotton fabric naturally dyed with the artist's menstrual blood, washed; hand quilted with thread dyed with medicinal herbs, including green tea, matcha, butterfly pea flowers, activated charcoal, and dandelion root
Year Completed: 2020
Dimensions: 66 x 64”
This second quilt in the series is a wholecloth quilt, made mostly with a paintbrush to apply my menstrual blood to wet fabric. I accurately map the ideal flows of female hormones, and improvisationally depict the calendar cycles that I use to track my health year after year.
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