High Tech Tucks V (Cold Wave)

Quilt National '87

From the Artist: This is the fifth in a series of quilts incorporating twisted constructed tucks into a pieced background. The background is composed of rectangles dyed in a 14-step gradation between black and white. One side of each tuck is also made from one of the shades in this gradation. The other side is made from a 19-shade gradation from green to blue to purple to fuchsia. The tucks are constructed separately and inserted into the seams of the background. They are then twisted and sewn with curving lines of quilting to give the illusion of movement over the quilt's surface. The subtitle of Cold Wave refers to a week of bitterly cold weather in early November 1985 while I was working on the quilt. The undulation of the tucks reminded me of the cold winds outside.

Techniques: Machine twisted quilted, machine pieced, hand dyed
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States
Credit Line: The Marbaum Collection, Gift of Hilary and Marvin Fletcher