On the Road: State Wildflower
38 x 29 in.
Techniques: digitally manipulated images of a Florida license plate, photo heat transfer, machine piecing, hand-sewn sequins, stab-stitching in machine quilting, hand-stitching of binding on back.
Materials: cotton twill (front and back), cotton-polyester binding, cotton-polyester thread, sequins.
Statement: This quilt series On the Road was inspired by my solo cross-country drive in 2008, from Los Angeles to New York City, during which I photographed license plates along the way.
EXHIBITED: 2011, Fiber Plus (juried), Blue Door Gallery (Yonkers, NY)
Corporate collection, 2011.
Photo by Deidre Adams
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