Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Inherent Vice, 2023
altered found quilt (Postage Stamp pattern), wood, tarpaper, vintage lace and trims, foam, found plastic plants and toys 29 x 29 x 5"
Inherent vice is the tendency of a material to self-destruct due to its intrinsic internal characteristics.The mordants used in dyeing black cloth can cause it to deteriorate faster than the other fabrics in a quilt. Here I referenced Victorian mourning customs and repaired/altered this lovely yet doomed quilt fragment.
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Yoyo Chico Dazzleship, 2023
altered found coverlet (Yoyo pattern), polyester, batting, foam 45 x 27 x 27"
This puffy monolith utilizes an altered yoyo quilt--definitely one of my least favorite gaudy quilt/coverlet patterns. I was thinking about how as women get older and perhaps a bit bigger, loud patterns and oversized fashions are marketed to us to hide our forms.
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Patchwork Skulls, 2020
overdyed found quilt (Flower Basket pattern), found quilt (Rail Fence pattern), cotton 25 x 26"
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
What Lies Beneath, 2017
overdyed found cotton quilt top (Whole Cloth), found and hand-stitched embroidery, linen, cotton, 70 x 42"
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Dresden, 2016
overdyed found cotton quilt (Dresden Plate pattern) linen, cotton 70 x 42
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Memorial Wreath: Damnation, 2017
hand-stitched and found embroidery, cotton, linen 14 x 16"
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Snakes in the Garden, 2020
overdyed found quilt (Grandma’s Flower Garden pattern), hand-stitched and found embroidery, linen, cotton 17 x 27"
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Perennial, 2018
linen, hand-stitched and found embroidery, overdyed found quilt (Grandma's Flower Garden pattern) 57 x 57"
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
Ossuary, 2020
overdyed found quilt (Star & Box variation pattern), found petit point embroidery, linen, cotton 57 x 57"
