image of quilt titled "Sorok" by Melisse Laing © 2005
 
 

Artist Statement: "Sorok" was inspired by a cast glass piece by artist William Carlson. The name is Russian for forty - which is how many individual "blocks" are in the quilt.

Materials & Techniques:
Hand-dyed fabrics, machine collaged, pieced & quilted, assembled with torched chain.

Dimensions: 62"W x 72.5"H