Sandoz Mile-Long Meadow

Deb Cashatt

40 x 64 inches

2021

ARTIST STATEMENT

My art quilts send messages, inviting discovery and analysis. By stitching bits of fabric together, I create intricate shapes reminiscent of graphics used in both ancient Mayan script and modern computer icons. I employ these shapes, which I call symbographs, to tell stories of modern life. The compositions morph as I intuitively add more symbographs, often curating these graphic elements into tidy rectangular containers suggestive of comic books and Chinese curio boxes. As you look closely, blackberries, fishing hooks and fish-eating snakes emerge to make you smile.

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Commercial fabric

Machine pieced, machine quilted