A selection of my quilts from 1985 to the present, varying in scale, processes and subject matter.
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Heroic Optimism,2000
82" x 60"
Photo silk-screened, stenciled, over-dyed and commercially available cotton fabrics; painted polyester. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd and reverse appliquéd, hand quilted. Photo credit: Karen Bell.
This is the third in a series of quilts inspired by a 1996 trip to Russia. Much residue, both physical and figurative, remains after the fall of Communism. The text (from David K. Shipler's 1983 "Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams") plays out across ripped wall posters on the crumbling façades, contrasting the party line of a Social Realist cityscape with the rich, interior lives of its inhabitants.