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26 1/2" w. x 55" ht. Vintage Japanese cottons and American commercial fabrics; 1996. Fabrics are hand-pieced to muslin foundations (in center portion) and then quilted by hand. The Japanese tearoom is void of furniture and decoration which might distract from the purpose of being there: meditation. However, one can usually expect a small seasonal flower arrangement and a Hanging scroll, or kakejiku. A scroll is placed in the room to provide a tone or atmosphere and possibly a starting point for conversation following the ceremony itself. Imagining a tearoom for quilters, I thought it would be interesting to have a scroll made of cloth instead of paper. While piecing the center portion, I thought about the small scraps of cloth. I wondered who wove them, who wore them, and what the person might have been doing the day they wore them... and hoped that I could pay homage to their legacy. For a detail of the quilt, click here. (Photo by Karen Bell) |
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