REstoration Quilt

2017, seeded handmade paper.

The Restoration Quilt is an act of community care, and care for the earth. The piece is imbued with phytoremediatory seeds: plants that remove metals and toxins from soil as they grow.

The quilt is meant to be placed on empty lots, or on government declared brownfield sites. It will rain, and the paper will serve as the supporting medium for the plants to sprout. The labor put into the creation of the quilt becoming the structure of support, love and beauty to come.