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Executive ladder

  • Owner:
    Private Collection
  • Location:
    Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Maker:
    Alison Muir
  • Pattern:
    Diamond
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 cm
    Width: 40 cm

History

Using 'Baby Blocks' design to depict an executive career both going up and coming down. Clothing was used from my father and father-in-law, to celebrate my father’s retirement, my father-in-law’s career and my progress into a Directors position.
Awarded Best of Show, Hunters Hill 'Miniatures' 1989
Documented in 'Piece by Piece' by Dianne Finnegan, published by Simon & Schuster 1990. Pg 112

Description

Made from recycled commercial silk ties, cotton shirting, cotton, silk, polyester
Techniques were hand pieced, machine pieced and machine quilted

Acknowledgements

Photography by Andy Payne, Photographix

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