Marion G. Mackey
Marion G. Mackey began working with textiles in 1978, when she joined with many others in the quilting resurgence. After studying with many well known textile artists in New Jersey, where she lived at the time, and with others nationwide, she began to develop a style of her own.
After several years, the family moved to northern Pennsylvania, eventually moving to West Chester, where they still reside. As Marion's textile career continued, many of her works were juried into national and International shows. Her art quilts have appeared in many magazines and her quilts and quilted garments have won many awards, both locally and on the national scene. Her quilts embody a personal theme and display many techniques, including heavy quilting with the use of many different types of threads.
This has evolved into the making of small landscapes, using several photos she has taken and the liberal use of many colors of thread. Many hours of work and thousands of stitches are required in these exacting works before the picture is finished. These artworks have been accepted in several galleries, both locally and in Philadelphia.
As many as thirty or forty different colors of thread might be used in one Marion Mackey "thread painting".
