[1] The connection between the pixel and the stitch, as differently gendered types of mark-making, is a continuing theme in her work.
[3] She received a BA from Brooklyn College in 1963 and BFA from Yale University in 1964, where she studied painting with Ad Reinhardt.
She has created a wide body of work, including thread-based drawings, knitted pieces, and installations.
Several of her series, including MADAMI'MADAM (2000–2002) and Ariadne's Thread (2008–2012), juxtapose famous quotes and lines of literature with hand- or digitally-embroidered images.
The text relates narrative, drawing, and thread as parallel instances of linear structure.