quilts with attitude: metaphor and symbolism
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Kathy Weaver uses the Robot or Cyborg as a metaphor for humanity she says: The robot is a translator of events, an alter ego, a doppelganger. The robot can be an observer, a soothsayer, a malcontent or a destructor. The viewer is invited into the picture plane to see the modality of the robot’s disposition as it reflects human nature.

Caption: Cyborg Female 3: Amusing Disorder, Satins, silks, velvets, airbrushed, hand embroidered, hand quilted, 90″ x 54″

Caption: The Robot Says Nothing, Fiber, appliqued, hand stitched, 30″ x 40 ”

Caption: The Robot Is Bound, Fiber, appliqued, hand stitched, 30″ x 40 ”