C.D. Good was raised in a Mennonite ministers home in Floradale surrounded each night with quilts filled with stories of grandpa's shirts and mother's little girl dresses. Precious scraps of fabric with a story became part of her artwork as she grew into someone who loved to make something out of nothing and bring unseen worlds to be seen through her artistic investigations.
She obtained a BFA at the University of Arts in Philadelphia and spent her life in a wearable art business transforming paper into beads --tiny scraps with big stories. The paper adornment is available at Canadian Clay and Glass gallery
She uses vintage fabric in her encaustic Fibre Sculpture. In a technique she has developed over the last 20 years, as part of her restorative practice consultation and workshops.
She has written and produced two community plays that piece patches of community together focusing on strength and value.
Recently she has facilitated two community fabric interactive art projects :One at Kitchener Farmers Market and one at Reading Terminal Market, in Philadelphia.
Her love of wiring and patching things together has led to a project in 2018 about the Elmira water issue and restoring a solution to the burial of Agent Orange there.
A large showing of her work will be on exhibition at a group show called "Spirits" at Walter Fedy offices.
Carolyn's talk will be about how her foundation in quilting has influenced her art endeavours and how quilting can be a metaphor for so many powerful, needed concepts in this world today. Her talk will have colourful inspiring slides and you will be sure to find something to inspire you to follow your own inner muse.
