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Kilauea

Kilauea

1999 © Andrée Fredette

73 x 86" (186 x 218 cm)

Pieced, appliquéd, reverse-appliquéd and quilted by machine.
Photo: artist

While visiting Hawaii’s Big Island, I went to Volcanoes National Park and—guided by a park ranger—I walked on 4-day old lava. The memory of that very special adventure inspired this quilt. With great heat and power, Kilauea sends its lava flow through the cool rainforest and into the ocean. The “Hawaiian-style” appliqué blocks are my interpretation of the tropical foliage I admired. A border of waves surrounds this “hot island”.

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