Artist

Mae Colburn

Collector

Alexis Lambrou

Medium

Rags

Technique

Rag rug weaving

Dimensions

8" x 3"

Time Period

2019

Statement from the Collector

Mae gave this piece to me as a gift when she was living in Newburgh, NY. I can’t exactly remember when she gave it to me—maybe for my birthday? Our birthdays are both in late July. Or maybe a time when I came to visit her early on in the pandemic in 2020? I have very specific memories of that trip. She made us lunch of tuna salad and banana bread. I remember thinking how hearty of a lunch it was. We took a walk in the people’s park and she said hello to everyone we passed. We watched an amazing documentary, Honeyland and I slept on her famed tri fold mattress. It was a good trip that made me feel less lonely during an exceptionally lonely and challenging time.