Laura Petrovich-Cheney: Wood Quilts!

Today, because it is Kiki's last weekday until a holiday, we looked at a stunning array of wooden quilts and sculptures by Laura Petrovich-Cheney. Jaw dropping! She's been quilting since she was 17 and after Hurricane Sandy devastated her community and caused a death in her family, she began reclaiming wood and forming sculptural quilts. 

Top of the Day .... (there were so many!) .... is this moving image of homes she created from pieces of broken homes. It's called Homesick & while there were so many incredible pieces with abstract or cleanly geometric shapes & a wide array of colors, this one encapsulates a lot of her mission ... reclaiming destroyed objects then repurposing them to elicit hope. 

Laura Petrovich-Cheney's website .... check out all the wonderful links at the top of the page; the arrows to the right of each piece of work cycles you through her artistry. -- link --  

From her website 2017-present quilts -- link -- 

Pencil quilt made in collaboration with school students -- link -- 

Quilts made 2013-2016 -- link -- 

Under the link to sculptures (at the top of her website) here are some of her reclaimed wood sculptures -- she has a variety you'll want to peruse -- link -- 

Works plus video of how she makes her quilts on this InLiquid page -- link -- (The video of her showing her studio and work is at the bottom of the page) 

Longer version of the studio video (including some footage from the short one at the end of the InLiquid article above) showing how she creates her quilts -- link -- 

Exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum -- link -- We did not get to this in our hour together; so it's new and unseen!!!