Blanket
A two-sided patchwork rectangle with raw edges and visible, loose stitching. Large areas of color, burgundy, striped blue, sage/mint green, gray chevron punctuated by smaller, graphic scraps: image of a bird, a portrait, the letters “f” and “e.”
Blanket
A two-sided patchwork rectangle with raw edges and visible, loose stitching. Large areas of color, burgundy, striped blue, sage/mint green, gray chevron punctuated by smaller, graphic scraps: image of a bird, a portrait, the letters “f” and “e.”
Artist
Cathy Lebowitz
Medium
My own worn T shirts, socks and bed sheets, embroidery thread
Technique
Hand sewn
Dimensions
28” x 48”
Time Period
2013
Statement from the Artist
I made this with a combination of used fabric that I liked and didn’t want to throw out. The whole sock doesn’t wear out, just the heel or toes, so there is a lot of nice fabric left. The blanket also includes the printed part of T-shirts that I either made (EmmaGoldman, Christiane Amanpour) or had (David Wojnarowicz’s New Museum show, Mark Dion 2004 Election Shirt). I played with line and color in the stitching.