Anna Wagner-Ott

I began sewing under the guidance of my mother and other skilled quilt makers. In 2016, I rekindled my passion for creating quilts on my sewing machine, linking them together into artful assemblages. I weave bed sheet yarns, tie threads, and paint surfaces, transforming them into fortified, almost mummified creations. Through the process of creating my works, I endeavor to connect with the pain of loss and insecurity, the concealing of truths, the inherent vulnerability of life and death, and the inevitable process of disintegration and impermanence. Yet, I also seek to capture the sparks of beauty that often emerge within the transitions and fade away. My art serves as a continuous effort to piece together fragments of my own experiences, sometimes building up my weavings and, at other times, deconstructing them—a symbolic reconstruction of my psyche, a continual process of destruction and reclamation of myself.