Bicycle quilts go on the road
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023In 2015, right after retiring from the bicycle business, I made a series of quilts using vintage bicycle art. The advertising posters from the 1890’s had the sense of risk, adventure, and elegance that I thought were missing from the sportster mentality of 21st century cycling. They featured women riders, as well as an astonishing amount of innocent nudity that has been lost in the tides of pornography and prudery washing through today’s culture wars.
Two quilts will be in a multi-media show, ‘On the Road,’ at the 40 West gallery in Lakewood during June.
Two others are going to another multi-media show in Colorado Springs in August.
Most of them combine the images from vintage posters with traditional themes in quilting. This one is ‘Tour du Jour’ with ‘wild goose chase’ blocks.
