© PN 2019, Bronx, NY
Dimensions:    40” x 40”
Textiles:          Cotton fabrics  
Techniques:     Machine pieced and quilted
Photography:   Jean Vong

This is a quilt of unexpected consequences. A kaleidoscopic design is composed of identical triangular wedges that radiate from a center point. In these mostly hexagonal shapes, I tried a different strategy. The wedges are the usual identical motifs but are not identical colors. Instead I've used different colorways of the same fabric design to create something unexpected -- even to me. Both the figures and the ground reference Matthew Shlian's folded paper art with permission from the artist. The patchwork ground is paradoxically quiet and exciting.

40x40@40
New Work by the Manhattan Quilters Guild
The quilt was made for the 2020 exhibition tour marking the 40th anniversary of Manhattan Quilters Guild and celebrating the signature styles of the 21 members. For information about the exhibit, please contact rachael_dorr@yahoo.com