Every wall is a door. And you have the key. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Artist – Judy Vilmain
Judy Vilmain was well along the path her life had taken when she began to realize she was on the wrong path. After much contemplation, she left her position as a university professor teaching experimental psychology in the Midwest, and headed for the east coast to live near the ocean.
The about-face wasn’t so she could follow her heart, but rather her hands. Growing up in Iowa, the love of decorative arts was woven into Judy Vilmain’s nature.
“I come from a long line of women who make things,” she says. “My mother, grandmother and great grandmother all excelled in handiwork - embroidery, knitting, crocheting, quiltmaking, weaving, tatting and lacemaking. My mother’s gift to me was the love of working with my hands. And today, I’m still compelled by it.
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