
REVEAL
2023
40″ x 40″
Cotton, over-dyed cotton; threads, including metallic braid, embroidery floss, and sashiko thread; machine appliqué, machine pieced, and hand quilted
Photo Credit: Steve Guttenberg
The intense mash-up of people and architecture and signage and sights in a city is a continual visual provocation and delight. A quilt is a perfect metaphor for a city: layer upon layer built up over time. Here, a weathered patchwork peels away to REVEAL even older graffiti – the palimpsest of the past peeking through.
