The Latin word ‘universum’ means to be turned into a single whole. I made a quilt titled 'A Boy's World' for my oldest son, it was handed down to my second child who loved it to tatters. Grown soft and worn with all the washings it was tucked away when outgrown. As my child grew into an adult she realized she was in the wrong body and her transition began. In cutting up this quilt I snipped away at the past, questioning my role as a mother. It's satisfying to transform a beloved quilt into a piece to sit in the light for all to see, as she has.

  
Method: machine quilted, hand & machine constructed, burned, painted

Materials: my children’s beloved quilt, curtains, cotton & other textiles, aluminum wire, polyester stuffing, cotton batting, thread, matte medium

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Echinacea VI: FireFinch (ignis Fringillidae Universum)