Elegant Decay

Size 18” x 35”

On the cusp of winter, the earth becomes redolent with decomposing vegetation.  The crisp and vivid colours of mid-autumn have muted into rich browns, magentas, burgundies and bronzes.  The sun also dims, giving occasional shafts of golden brilliance, but little warmth.  Amidst all of this decrease the seeds of next year’s plant life are taken into the earth to wait until the return of spring.      

In this quilt I neatly finished and bound the left-hand border and finished the right-hand border with curved and raggedy edges to emphasise the breakdown and decay of organic structures.