volume 5, number 1, 2010

About the cover artwork

Jan Newell, Resurrection quilt, 2000-2009

I needed to create something that depicted a profusion of new life and fruitfulness, both wild and domesticated, as a way of sustaining my fragile hope for better times to come. The mixture of English and Australian motifs speaks of my family history. The reverse side in blacks and greys suggests that death that precedes rebirth.