With a textured background of fabric, thread and fiber, this stitched picture featuring a red duckling is the newest piece in the a little bird told me series.
The mini art quilt is inspired by the painting Speak Up, also from the series. Both pieces focus on a background of texture and relief; the mixed media painting has torn fragments of text and the stitched picture has fabric, scrim, fibers and thread. But the focus of both works is the red bird - with a cocky attitude, feathery wings and a beak ready to squawk.