Dayenu: The Flags

When the world was struck by COVID-19 in 2020, I began a ten-year completion process that began producing fourteen flags, a kimono, a quilt, and a book that visually pieced together my historical process. The textiles I gathered were the leftover silks on hand. Most, my parents brought me from travels, difficult to use, but significant in memories. The idea to use flags came from creating Tibetan flags for our garden and a flag installation on the High Line in NYC. These are the A Patchwork Work Life flags:

Fourteen Flags: A PATCHWORK LIFE
Hand Stitched Silk; Old Quilt Backing; 2020

The process was successful; encouraging me to try again for the Dayenu Exhibit. These flags are a little more eclectic, using more remnants and repurposing small works, continuing to center the mind on the values and concepts inherent in BubbeWisdom.

Published by SilkQuilt

Pittsburgh-based fiber artist, Louise Silk, creates art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meaning and memories. From the influence of a 1972 MS Magazine article to the current SILKDENIM label, her quilt experiences culminate in a display of her particular capacity to use her patchwork skills to piece together just about anything into an aesthetic meaningful whole.

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