Still Life - art quilt

Still Life - art quilt© Rose Rushbrooke 2004
33½" diameter

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Pattern: Original design.
Medium: Hand dyed cotton fabric.
Technique: Machine pieced, hand appliquéd and embroidered, machine quilted.
Price: $495.00

Sorting through a pile of my hand dyed shibori cottons I noticed these red pieces that looked like torn flesh and bloody rags. Stitched together in a classic target shape they represent flesh of shot animals, bones, sinew, muscles and scales of caught fish. The bullet holes emphasise the hunting aspect of the piece. The melting clock or raw steak shape shows 13 hours to explain time's endlessness as does the unfinished edges of the piece - life goes on.

The words "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection", has been quilted over the whole piece.

Techniques used in this piece:

  • Hand dyed fabrics using shibori method;
  • machine pieced;
  • hand appliquéd
  • hand embroidery;
  • machine quilted;
  • unbound edges;
  • shot through.

Detail 1 of Still Life - art quilt
Detail 1

Detail 2 of Still Life - art quilt
Detail 2

Exhibited at:

  • US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia - September 2008.
  • American Quilter's Society, Nashville, TN. "Cutting Loose" SAQA Juried Exhibition. August 23rd to 26th, 2006
  • Sage Moon Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia - October 2005

Rose Rushbrooke
Rose Rushbrooke
Artist