Jan Clark began exhibiting art quilts in 1999. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States. Publications include Fiberarts Design Book 7 (Lark Publishing) and Contemporary Quilts (Marabout/Hatchette Livre) as well as textile magazines. Nature is her inspiration and currently the focus is on the links between patterns observed on beetles through a microscope and the patterns found in the universe. Jan dyes or dye paints most of her fabrics and applies them to a dye painted background. Often the fabrics are sheer silks or organzas that overlay each other like colourwashes.

Resonance
$150

Cotton Sateen
Applied layers of commercial and hand dyed fabrics

It seems to me that all things in our universe are connected. The spots on the back of a beetle, seen through a microscope, can be the spots on a starmap tracing vast constellations. Spots have become a metaphor for the life that resonates throughout everything.