Sampler (Moby Dick). 1997. Hand embroidery on linen. 17.5 x 13.5 in. (44.5 x 34.3 cm).
. . . Thus we were weaving and weaving away . . . I kept passing the woof of marline between the long yarns of the warp, using my own hand for the shuttle . . . weaving away at the Fates . . . God’s foot upon the treadle of the loom . . .