Layer of Life: Contemporary Quilts by Leah Cooke

By embracing upcycled clothing as her primary medium, Leah Cooke invites viewers to reflect on the stories embedded in the fabric of their lives. Her quilts are a reminder that beauty can emerge from the overlooked and discarded. Her process is intuitive. Leah uses fabric as her palette, rather than paint.  Working from a sketch, the work evolves on the wall, like working on a canvas, but with thread and woven material. Her themes are straightforward and figurative: nature, identity, and the passing of time. In her hands, these clothes, remnants of everyday life, are deconstructed and reconstructed, their fibers interwoven to create art that transcends its origins.

Reception: September 26 from 6 - 8pm

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