Maggy
Rozycki
Hiltner
Juried Artist Member (JAM)
Location
Red Lodge, MT
United States
Region
Artist Statement
I search antique shops, thrift stores, and yard sales for old embroidered linens and tattered and stained quilts. What I cannot find, I hand-stitch and mix in with the collected embroidery. I also overdye, repair, and resize the quilts. Working in found materials, I employ a multitude of anonymous assistants. I try to celebrate and elevate their abandoned handwork.
I use the familiarity of the stitch along with seemingly lighthearted and cheerful designs to convey more serious subject matter. I often use humor to tell my stories, and very rarely is everything quite what it seems.
I’ve tasked myself with questioning the artifacts of my culture by changing their context and content. Working with handmade remnants of the past, I repurpose them to comment on the present.
I use the familiarity of the stitch along with seemingly lighthearted and cheerful designs to convey more serious subject matter. I often use humor to tell my stories, and very rarely is everything quite what it seems.
I’ve tasked myself with questioning the artifacts of my culture by changing their context and content. Working with handmade remnants of the past, I repurpose them to comment on the present.
