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- "A Wooden Quilt for Big Mama" by Jean-Marcel St. Jacques, 2023 - New Orleans artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques creates "wooden quilts" like this one using wood and other debris from his Hurricane Katrina-damaged home. The style of his work honors both his quilter great-grandmother – to whom this piece is particularly dedicated – and his great-grandfather, who was a junk collector and hoodoo practitioner.
- 2023
- Collections - Artifact
"A Wooden Quilt for Big Mama" by Jean-Marcel St. Jacques, 2023
New Orleans artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques creates "wooden quilts" like this one using wood and other debris from his Hurricane Katrina-damaged home. The style of his work honors both his quilter great-grandmother – to whom this piece is particularly dedicated – and his great-grandfather, who was a junk collector and hoodoo practitioner.