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| “Infectious” 19.5 x 20.25" Copyright 2023 Susan Brubaker Knapp. White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, ink, cotton batting, cotton thread, cotton backing fabric. Hand drawn, wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted. |
During one of the last Covid outbreaks, I started doodling this funky
looking virus on fabric using a pigment ink
pen, and used acrylic textile paints to color it in. Then I set it aside.
This
past week, while emerging from a horrible cold and hating viruses even
more, I got it out and started quilting. The background on the virus is
cross-hatched in ink, and I quilted it heavily to make the protrusions
stand out more.
I used echo quilting to give a feeling of motion, that the virus was pulsating, spreading its infectious particles out into the universe.
I am so sick of thinking about sickness.
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