Artist: Lotta Helleberg
Title: By A Thread Blue
Attribution: By a Thread Blue, 2021, Lotta Helleberg
Year: 2021
Materials: Repurposed vintage quilt, indigo dye, threads
Dimensions: 26" x 26"
Image Statement: By a Thread Blue is part of a series of artwork originating from a tattered vintage courthouse step quilt. The blocks were separated, repaired, and over dyed, using natural dyes. They were then reassembled to create a new nine patch quilt. Each of the pieces have their own characteristics and color ways, and the handwork of the original makers is highly present and influential in the quilts’ reincarnation.