I cut fabrics and then I sew it back together.

I started quilting back in 2013, a year marked by personal and professional changes, and grief. My journey into the quilting world has been self-taught and improvisational, which would later translate in my creative process base on improvisation.

Grounded in the roots of the origins of quilting and because of environemental concerns, my quilts are all made of upcycled fabrics (bed sheets, shirts, pillowcases, scraps, tablecloths,…) and upcycled batting (flannel sheets, blankets,..).

Making new with the old.

Quilting is a work of love and connection, that reaches deep into my soul. Connecting fabrics together, connecting with the heritage of the past, connecting in the moment, connecting to the intangible.

Even thought each project have their own quest, a common thread throughout my work is the desire to conceive what exists beyond our senses. My goal is to translate the immaterial in this very visual and touchable object. To me, that is the essence of abstract art. The universe in its broadness or its infinitely small state, the “what is beyond'?”, the question of time, those are all paradigms that I attempt to pull from.

Think science fiction but in quilts. Made with old pillowcases.

The language and poetry of colors an shapes are my music. Improvisation is where I compose. There I find a sense of freedom and joy that allows me to explore my own creativity.

And play, simply play. Because it is not that serious.

It is only fabrics, and the exploration of my deapest self.

By day I am also a palliative care physician. Which might explain the life and death focus that reflects in so many of my quilts.