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| Quilting in a Plastic World |
Remember when a new credit card offer landed in your mailbox every single day? Or when installing software required an entire stack of CDs and hours of patience? Rather than throwing away these remnants of our digital evolution, why not transform them into art?
While I am primarily a fiber artist working with fabrics and handmade papers, my curiosity is constantly exploring alternative quilting materials. Upcycling non-traditional mediums—such as discarded packaging, metallic wrappers, vinyl scraps, and rigid plastics—opens up exciting dynamic textures that conventional textiles simply cannot replicate.
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| Close-up of one "quilt" block |
Here is my version of Quilting in a Plastic World: expired credit card blocks stitched down securely with vibrant, colorful map pins, layered with shiny CDs that catch the light with every angle. Each CD circle is additionally embellished with bits of mosaic-cut credit cards. These shiny, colorful objects are far too captivating to toss into a landfill, proving that quilting can adapt to any material our modern world leaves behind.
Additional artwork can be found on my portfolio page.