Bad News

This three-panel piece is made entirely of recycled plastic bags that my newspapers are delivered in, plus dire headlines about climate change and sea level rise from the papers themselves. All of the quilting is excerpts from scientific papers that discuss the relationship of plastic to climate change and sea level rise.

2022. Approx 55" x 65"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread, tulle

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Haute Planet

The textile and clothing industries are second only to oil as the most polluting industries on the planet. I used a stylish tunic as the base of this quilt and depicted a shrinking reservoir surrounded by quilted words about how climate change is threatening our water supply.

2021. Approx 25"w x 32"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread, tulle

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Entangled

This isn't even a quilt, but it is made of fibers and plastic.

2021. Approx 36" x 18" x 90".
Materials: fibers and plastic

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Catch of the Day

More plastic... this time with quilted words about the effect of plastic production on the health of our oceans. The fish are made of plastic too, and faced and stuffed.

2021. Approx 24"w x 34"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread, tulle

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Ribbon Dance

This is one of a series of quilts I made entirely out of plastic from my own recycling bin. I made it to point out the connection between plastic production, global warming and the decimation of northern California's once-abundant kelp forests.

2021. Approx 26"w x 42"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread, tulle

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Precarious Balance

I created the front quilt of the beautiful cranes doing their mating dance and then literally slashed it to reveal the threat to their habitat from oil drilling. The piece is created so that the front panels can be lifted up to reveal the scene of destruction on the quilt behind them.

2019. Approx 51"w x 43"h.
Materials: commercial cotton prints, metallic and novelty synthetic fabrics, novelty trims, Sulky variegated thread, tulle

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