It attests to the crossing of the boundary between old and new.
Art quilts share a form with traditional quilts.
Both are defined as a sandwich of fabric layers secured by stitching. However, when it comes to function, they part ways. The traditional quiltmaker intended her quilts to function as a decorative bedcover, while the contemporary quilt artist pushes the boundaries of quiltmaking by shifting the quilt from the bed to the gallery wall. Jane Burch Cochran Many quilts in this exhibition borrow techniques and materials from other media, thus crossing yet another boundary. Jane Burch Cochran, for example, often gessoes common but evocative fabric objects such as pieces of clothing to her lightweight, painted canvas quilt tops.