Markings In Black and Red

Irene Roderick

62 x 52 inches

2020

ARTIST STATEMENT

This work is one of a new series based on the human urge to use mark making as part of spiritual/ritualistic practices, map making, storytelling, recording of history, decoration and daily communication. I began this series while in isolation during the pandemic, listening to the constant refrain, “we are all in this together”. The commonality of human experience is evident throughout history in our need to leave our “marks” depicting our time and place and beliefs. The markings on this quilt encompass different cultures, many similar in shape, style and universal recordings of communication.

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Cotton, poly thread, cotton wool batting, fabric markers

Pieced, quilted, marked