Dumbarton Crossing
Title: Dumbarton Crossing
Year: 2006
Dimensions: 29¼” h x 28¾” w x ¼” d
Silk crepe de chine, silk broadcloth, silk Indian Doupioni, silk dyes, gutta resist, polyester batting, rayon/viscose and polyester embroidery thread
Dumbarton Crossing is a birds-eye view of the original Dumbarton bridge (1927) and the Southern Pacific Railway bridge (1910), emblems of our cultural obsession with speed and “saving time” without considering the environmental and societal consequences.
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Additional Artwork Information
Detail image of: Dumbarton Crossing
Techniques: silk painting, machine quilting
Press: this artwork has appeared in the following books and magazines, click on an image below:
April 21 – July 16, 2017 Three Left-Coast Artists, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.
June 8 – September 3, 2006 On Mapping: New Perspectives with a Common Thread, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA.
Additional info: in a private collection