mud hollow

Even after leaving the south I can still hang out in places with names like Mud Hollow. There are three geographic areas in my small town of Kirby, VT. North Kirby, South Kirby, and Mud Hollow. North and South Kirby are separated by a mountain. Mud Hollow is just kind of off to the side. From my conversations with certain (somewhat sensationalistic) long time residents, I gather that it used to be considered taboo for North and South Kirby people to intermarry. And although it now houses lawyers, teachers, nurses, and other "respectable" individuals, Mud Hollow has long had a REPUTATION. Although the girl who terrorized Walker on the schoolbus (calling him a butthead with frequency) is from Mud Hollow, I consider it to be a lovely place. It truly is a hollow, and people are very warm and friendly (for Vermonters!) Pictured in this block are two Mud Hollow families.

**This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council which is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

nepotism?

My children will appear on a disproportionate number of squares on the GREAT KIRBY DOCUMENTARY quilt. Sammy is on her square twice along with her fantastic friend. This past summer I dragged them with me to many protarit sessions. They were of course very helpful AND carry much crowd appeal with them. ("What lovely, well behaved girls!") I let them have a sheet of film and use of the Wista; they photographed a sunflower together. Walker is in three incarnations on his square.

**This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts!

letting go of type 55

Deep down, I'm a square, color person. Then I happened on some grant money, bought a wista, tried type 55, and was hooked. With my Mamiya and a borrowed backdrop from Lenny Wayne (that's a whole nother story), I had already set up a "photobooth" at a church bazaar. I charged $1- for a portrait, then mailed the large color prints a week later. With the polaroid, the gratification and exchange became immediate and big. These are images that I shot at "photobooths" in rural South Carolina.

many textures

The great Kirby Documentary Quilt! Here are two more completed squares. I decided to have the really important matriarchs (and patriarchs) of my town of Kirby stand alone AND be framed in opulent fabric. I asked Lucy (pictured in the grid) to choose the fabric for her square. Of course she choose the leopard velour. Like mother, like daughter.

***This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council which is funded in part by the National Endowment of the Arts!