Natalie McLaurin

A bowl without a seal is like a quilt without batting

First Friday Opening: January 2, 5:00–9:00pm

The show runs through January
Gallery open on Fridays from 5:00–9:00pm
On weekdays from 9:00am-5:00pm

In this work, I use traditional quilting patterns, forms historically embedded with ideas of labor, care, and material frugality, with images of my contemporary Tupperware. Quilts, as both functional objects and carriers of inter-generational knowledge, have long operated as histories of domestic life. Their production depends on inherited techniques, reuse practices, and the social transmission of skills. By contrast, the plastic containers that populate my daily routines are symbolic of late-capitalist material culture: standardized, disposable, and largely detached from lineage or craft.

What does it mean to “hand down” something in an era when the objects that most readily accompany us through daily life may outlast us physically, yet fail to embed the kinds of social, historical, and affective meanings that characterized the handmade artifacts of previous generations.

For more information about the show contact: nataliemclaurin@gmail.com