“As Above, So Below”

Eco-printed and naturally dyed flax linen, cotton sashiko thread
40" × 60"

This wholecloth quilt traces Salt Spring Island’s topography and surrounding waters without borders, collapsing the perceived division between land and sea. One side presents the island from above, the other, from below, offering two orientations of the same form. Eco-printed and naturally dyed with organic materials, the linen carries the imprint of winter’s quiet alchemy. The work is both map and meditation: a tactile reflection on how memory, orientation, and place are shaped by invisible forces that challenge what we believe to be stable. What appears opposite is bound together — the unity of chaos and order. As the universe, so the soul.

Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP) 2025

This piece was selected as a finalist in the Salt Spring National Art Prize, a biennial juried exhibition celebrating contemporary Canadian visual art.