BETWEEN MAKE-BELIEVE AND MEMORY
39” x 46”

This quilt has been juried into the SAQA Global Exhibit “Connections.”  It will  premiere at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in Fall of 2021 then travel for approximately two years. The work is available for delivery to a customer following that time. To purchase during the exhibit period, please contact the artist for assistance.

I can imagine the insistent pull within a migrating animal to return to its place of origin. I have felt similar longings. Having lived my early childhood in a row house section of Baltimore, I experienced a visceral response to this image of abandoned row houses in a downtown Baltimore neighborhood. Make-believe (my imaginings as a child) and Memory (the real events) live side-by-side, overlap, rearrange and conflate, creating a powerful emotional connection.

Row House Photo © 2014 Alana Semuels, as originally published in The Atlantic, used with permission.

Hand printed (monotypes and relief prints) with acrylic paint on cotton muslin, collaged and stitch construction, with machine stitched details. Transfer of photograph to muslin. Finishing: bound fabric-backed. The back has a hanging pocket and a rod, for traditional hanging tapestry presentation. All collaging is with archival matte acrylic medium, which is also used over the surface. 

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