A selection of my quilts from 1985 to the present, varying in scale, processes and subject matter.
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Rosetta Stone, 1987
71" x 40"
Cottons, cotton blends, some painted. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd, and hand quilted.
Collection of Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA
The 'Rosetta Stone', an ancient stela with a bi-lingual inscription in three 'alphabets', provided the key to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. This fact gives it a monumentality far beyond its modest size. My quilted homage substitutes medieval industrial and post-industrial technological symbols and languages for the Greek and Egyptian of the original Stone. There are alchemical references hidden in the quilting in the borders, to remind the viewer that despite the explosive increase in scientific and technological knowledge during the 20th century, many questions remained unanswered. When faced with a particularly sanctimonious pronouncement about the latest discovery, it amuses me to think that once upon a time, alchemy was at the cutting edge of science.