I have been thinking about how pieced together my life feels lately. Some days it feels like nothing matches up, yet somehow the bits fit together, and each day is a piece of the quilt.
This probably came to mind because on Wednesday my daughter and I went to Babson College for an exhibit and discussion about non-traditional quilts. We particularly wanted to meet Chawne Kimber, aka Completely Cauchy;
here is her post about her time in Boston. Her work is extraordinary and special, and it was a pleasure to meet her. We also met Andrew Mowbray, who makes paper quilts from Tyvek, a material used in the construction of buildings. The other two quilts I am sharing here are by artists who were not at the reception: Kathryn Clark uses fabric to map cities that have been hard hit by the foreclosure crisis; and Kyoung Ae Cho attaches natural materials to fabric, and as they change the quilt changes.
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| Sharecropper Quilt by Chawne Kimber |
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| Self-Study, One for T by Chawne Kimber |
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| 007 by Andrew Mowbray |
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| Miami Foreclosure Quilt by Kathryn Clark |
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| Fallen by Kyoung Ae Cho |
4 comments:
these are wonderful sharon... life is indeed a quilt, each patch stitched together creating a mystery unfolding day by day.
Wow, beautiful works of art. I like your analogy, too.
thanks again for coming to the show! life is most definitely a patchwork of the places we go, the people we meet, and the experiences we have. every so often we need to add more patches and repair the ones that are all worn through. but isn't it a wonderful life?
Another
"life is indeed a quilt"
wonder what piece and mystery will soon
be added to this one's life.
Also yours
and all our loved ones...
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