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All tagged Portrait
In continued efforts to meld the digital with the physicality of quilting, I began experimenting with the digital pixel and its optical ability in the physical world. I was also interested in the idea of ‘baring it all’ under the protection of the pixel.
English Paper Piecing is one of the oldest forms of hand quilting. It is the base for the famed grandmother quilt made of hexagon flowers. It is also a huge source of community for women as they sit in groups to work on their EPP projects and trade fabric hexagons with one another. The process is also physically draining and time consuming, which is why it is often not a solitary practice. I found that stripping the community from such rigorous processes allowed me to push my body and attention span.
Completely out of the blue in 2016, I received an email from a boy (man) I used to talk to in high school. He was 18 and I was 14. This piece is part of my response to this email.
