Transformation Stage 3

Year: 2024

Media: Quilt

Dimensions: 26" x 29"

This quilt looks into that moment when cultures merge, each protecting what is sacred, but in co-existing something new emerges.

I think of the Spanglish I grew up with living in the middle of Indian’s country slang and the evidence of that hybridity that shows up in my accent. Or the way musical genres influence each other and create new musical genres. Or how color can change the color it sits next to making a new color through perception.

This quilt looks at the stag of transformation that moves from the known to the new through relationship. In relationship we show up as ourself but the more time we spend tending to them there is a moment when I becomes we.

To move from what we know to something different, I believe we must be in relationship. This quilt is about the dance between our identity and environment.