"Prepubescent Pool Party": Quilt Art by Rebekka Seigel

I spent a month living in a young girl’s bedroom while serving as an artist-in-residence in a high school in Western Kentucky. The photograph on which this quilt is based was hanging on her bulletin board. I became intrigued during that long month by the photograph and what you could tell about each girl by the way she stood or posed for the picture. I also liked the idea of portraying these girls at the time in their lives when they were just starting to bud into womanhood. This quilt gave me the opportunity to continue to develop my use of appliqué to depict the human face and figure. The imagery in this quilt freezes the moment of “budding” for all time and reminds us once and again how beautiful we are and how time changes us.