Rhapsody Watershed depicts the waste of rainwater, using my own suburban neighborhood as an example, due to impermeable surfaces.
Fresh water is a precious resource. Impermeable surfaces - roads, sidewalks, roofs, driveways - result in water flowing into storm drains rather than completing the water cycle and contributing to our natural environment.
I chose a gold color to depict water in this whole-cloth painted quilt. Streams and a small pond are in that color; hand-stitched gold threads in the empty areas circle around and find their way to the storm drains. The open areas, of homes and roads, are where I cut into the quilt and replaced it with netting (essentially transparent). Sidewalks and paths are in a dark brown.
- 45"H x 30"W (plus 3 more inches for hanging tabs, not shown)
- Painted cotton, black netting (mostly transparent), hand-stitched gold thread
- Machine quilted
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