SAIOR'S DELIGHT
Joe Cunningham
2009 Cotton fabrics and bias tape, machine appliquéd, machine and hand quilted
72 x 72 inches
This quilt references the old adage "Red sky at night, sailor's delight." Joe machine appliquéd bias tape on a piece of wax resist indigo fabric from a textile training center in Ghana and says when he made this he was" thinking about glimpsing the infinite and how laughable the idea of protection against the universe is."
Top left: NEO Buddha by Susan Shie (detail). Collection of John M. Walsh III.
Top right: Paxton Study II by Pauline Burbidge (detail). Private collection, UK.
Bottom left and right: Toward Barred Island (detail) by Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade
