All Seeing
2017–2024
Cotton fabric · Half-square-triangle construction · Machine quilting
48 × 49 inches
Overview
All Seeing explores the pull between structure and perception. Built from repeated half-square triangles, the composition draws the eye toward a central focal point while color and geometry create a steady visual rhythm. The surrounding dark field absorbs and softens that intensity, allowing moments of color to emerge and recede. This piece reflects my interest in how repetition, restraint, and contrast shape the way we look and how meaning forms over time.
Finished Top
Closeup of the quilt back
Quilting in progress
Featured as the lead marketing image for the Billings Farm & Museum Vermont Quilt Sampler exhibition.
Back of the quilt
Quilting in-progress
Selfie with quilt top
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Year: Begun 2017 · Completed 2024
Status: Completed
Dimensions: 48 × 49 inches
Materials: Cotton fabric; batting and thread to confirm
Techniques: Improvisational half-square-triangle construction; dense machine quilting
Backing / Finish: Cotton backing; faced
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All Seeing explores my interest in geometry, color, and how the eye moves across a surface. I built the piece using half square triangles, creating a repeating structure that radiates outward from a central “eye.”
There is a strong sense of order in the layout, but the color shifts keep it from feeling rigid. I was especially interested in how the eye could feel like it is emitting light, with the surrounding forms carrying that energy outward.
The black field acts as both space and boundary. Through dense quilting, I worked to create a subtle dithering effect, allowing the color to feel like it is breaking apart and dissolving into the dark.
This piece is really about perception. How structure, color, and repetition can guide the eye and create a sense of depth without a fixed story.
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Repeated half-square-triangle units were organized around a central eye-like form, with bands of color radiating into a broad black field. The composition balances a consistent geometric unit against improvisational color shifts. Dense quilting was used to create a subtle dithering effect, making the color appear to break apart and dissolve into the surrounding dark space. The top was begun in 2017; the completed quilt was finished in 2024.
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Abstractions in Fabric — Solo exhibition, Castleton Bank Gallery, Rutland, Vermont, 2018
Exhibition state (quilt top or completed quilt) to confirm.
A Vermont Quilt Sampler — Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, Vermont, 2024 (juried)
The work was featured as the lead marketing image for the exhibition.