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Leslie Breault
Family Threads
Inspired by: Unknown Artist, English Teapot David Seltzer, Sea Salt/Lemon Sage
mixed media collage
14 3/4″ x 18 3/4″
2024
Shared experiences, oral and written accounts, heirlooms, music and food are some of the many threads that make up a family’s history. The English teapot evoked images of recipes passed down through generations, becoming an ancestral food “quilt.” Sea Salt/Lemon Sage informed my color palette. After copying personal family recipes, I dyed the papers with tea, coffee and spices before cutting and arranging them, along with antique fabrics, into a mid 20th century scrap quilt pattern.
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