Black and White Parlor Fan Quilt
Artist
Ross Palmer Beecher
MediumMixed media, wire stitching, oil paint, found objects
Dimensions43 x 48 in. (109.2 x 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art funds
I am enamored of products that have been used and discarded, particularly soda and tin can graphics. I began the folk art of quilting different pieces of soda cans together, mixing color combinations. This too was a way of recycling aluminum, of cleaning the city. –Artist statement
Ross Palmer Beecher