T.P. Mania
2020
In early spring, the humble toilet paper made headline news for weeks. As fear and frenzy gripped people around the world, I wanted to reflect on this shared and surreal moment.
38” x 38”
Paper was cut, stapled and machine stitched to fabric, machine-pieced, hand-tied; toilet paper tubes, fabric, staples, found beads, thread, batting
Full image photo courtesy of The Dairy Barn Arts Center; detail image below is by artist
7.10.2020 — Accepted for book Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in-the-Midst-of Chaos by Sandra Sider, to be published in September 2021.
10.09.2020 — Accepted into Quilt National ‘21 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio (May 28 - September 6, 2021).
5.28.2021 — Awarded the purchase prize for Most Innovative Use of Material at Quilt National ‘21.
9.03.2021 — A subset of Quilt National ‘21 artworks, including T.P.Mania, will exhibit at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles in California (October 8, 2022 - April 16, 2023).
Collection of the International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln