Rebekka Seigel

Owenton, Kentucky

Lydia Reflecting;
fiber,
52" x 37", 2003

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I made my first quilt, with my grandmother's help, when I was pregnant with my first child because I thought that was what mothers were supposed to do. My work is therefore rooted in and indebted to the traditions of quiltmaking, but branches out of them to allow me to express my personal vision of the world. Although you could technically sleep under any of my quilts, this emphasis on personal expression allows them to move off the bed and find their rightful place on the wall. Beauty is the thing I find most inspiring and describing that beauty is what my work is all about. The human figure is one of the images that I find most intriguing so my quilts are populated by many personalities, most recently women who have led lives that I find to be inspiring. I hope the work inspires the viewer to forget for a moment the shortcomings of the human condition and revel in the things that are most noble and beautiful about ourselves.

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