Not Our Victory Garden
Not Our Victory Garden, 45x40, April 2020, commercial and upcycled textiles
During WWII, Americans cultivated Victory Gardens to create a surplus of food so that the government could focus resources on the common good of defending democracy. Today, sewists are making masks to fill the massive deficit of pandemic supplies that the government neglected to prepare because it was focused on letting corporations increase their profits. This creates a complex mix of feelings including gratitude for a chance to help, worry for loved ones and rage that we are put in this position. It is not the simple patriotism of a Victory Garden and it is exhausting. The organic edges, hand-quilting and machine-washing communicate the weathered landscape of a backyard plot. The backing is pieced of remnants from the batiks I used for the masks I made.
Not Our Victory Garden, 45x40, April 2020, commercial and upcycled textiles
During WWII, Americans cultivated Victory Gardens to create a surplus of food so that the government could focus resources on the common good of defending democracy. Today, sewists are making masks to fill the massive deficit of pandemic supplies that the government neglected to prepare because it was focused on letting corporations increase their profits. This creates a complex mix of feelings including gratitude for a chance to help, worry for loved ones and rage that we are put in this position. It is not the simple patriotism of a Victory Garden and it is exhausting. The organic edges, hand-quilting and machine-washing communicate the weathered landscape of a backyard plot. The backing is pieced of remnants from the batiks I used for the masks I made.
Not Our Victory Garden, 45x40, April 2020, commercial and upcycled textiles
During WWII, Americans cultivated Victory Gardens to create a surplus of food so that the government could focus resources on the common good of defending democracy. Today, sewists are making masks to fill the massive deficit of pandemic supplies that the government neglected to prepare because it was focused on letting corporations increase their profits. This creates a complex mix of feelings including gratitude for a chance to help, worry for loved ones and rage that we are put in this position. It is not the simple patriotism of a Victory Garden and it is exhausting. The organic edges, hand-quilting and machine-washing communicate the weathered landscape of a backyard plot. The backing is pieced of remnants from the batiks I used for the masks I made.