I didn't have a great deal of time today so I simply began to piece together fabric at crazy angles on a small piece of Arches paper. It began to remind me of a crazy quilt, those quilts which were all the rage in the late 19th-century. Later, during the Great Depression, saving scraps of fabric became pretty crucial and feedsack and suit quilts became the fashion. One can still see examples at flea markets of quilts pieced together from men's suits. The colors are often somber and warm, but they are handsome.
My crazy quilt is a portrait of the times, in this country and others, in which everyone is stitched together into one bigger piece of work. We must be frugal, with every scrap saved and reused.
Acrylic on paper, silk and leather. 16 x 25 cm.
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