Ten Thousand-Piece Quilt, Yoshiko Jinzenji

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Yoshiko Jinzenji, Ten Thousand-Piece Quilt
Yoshiko Jinzenji, Ten Thousand-Piece Quilt
Yoshiko Jinzenji
Ten Thousand-Piece Quilt
1999
Yoshiko Jinzenji
born 1942
Ten Thousand-Piece Quilt, 1999
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: quilting; cotton; natural dye
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 200 x 200 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of the artist
Accession number: 2007.0101
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: “Quilting Time and Space,” Jun-2010, Rachel Voorhies Yoshiko Jinzenji first encountered quilts in 1970, when she discovered two handmade Mennonite quilts in the furniture section of Eaton’s Department Store in Toronto. Discovering handstitched Mennonite quilts at the local Farmer’s Market further inspired her to study quilting, and she began to produce quilts that responded to North American quilting traditions. After ten years in Canada, she returned to Japan and began to study Asian fabric traditions, especially dying culture. This quilt is made up of ten thousand scraps of cotton colored with natural dyes that Jinzenji makes from the plants and fruits around her studio in Bali, Indonesia.