Janine Heschel2 (Octo Camo)

This piece was part of a series on masking: physical, digital, and emotional. I explored camouflage as part of the physical mask. Each piece was altered and made in two versions. The initial completed quilt was just a large portrait of Janine (a fellow textile artist), accomplished entirely through reverse appliqué. I chose her because she depicts endangered species as her thesis. I then made a separate piece of an octopus and merged it into the original portrait of Janine. This new octopus was created in like fabrics and various sheers to give the effect of camouflaging into the original subject, wrapping around the head and becoming a new quilt.