Here's a piece of the great Kirby Documentary Quilt in process. After realizing that my original idea of photographing everyone in my small town of Kirby, Vermont was not going to work, I had the idea that I should aim to photograph every cow in town. These cows are printed on the almost luminous cotton sateen sheeting made by Blueprints on Fabric. It fairly glows. I bordered this image with silver velour from an old shirt worn by my son. The quilts of Gee's Bend were a revelation to me; they gave me the idea of using non-traditional quilting fabrics- corduroys, work clothes, old clothes, etc.
****This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council which is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts!****
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