穀倉 Kokusō (Granary) is a small wall quilt — an abstract take on the Sequim Granary, an iconic and historic building where I live. The building is covered in corrugated metal with a few cedar planks visible.
A prominent building on Sequim’s skyline, the granary has a history spanning over a century. Initially built as a lettuce shed in the 1920s by the Peninsula Grain Company, it evolved into a Clallam Co-Op granary in the mid-1940s, operating as a grain elevator until the mid-1970s.
I took abstract photos of the building exterior, printed the digital photos onto inkjet printable fabric, and used the results as texture to create the silhouette of the building. The building is no longer an active granary: it now serves as a cell tower, and a former restaurant at it’s base is being redeveloped into a multi-use space with retail shops.
Details
The quilt is machine pieced and quilted with a walking foot, using the inkjet fabric plus some commercial cotton as well. I like how the matchstick quilting echos the corrugated tin used on the building’s exterior.
This piece was featured in a solo show I had at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner, WA, in the summer of 2023. Special thank you to Azuree Holloway (photographer) and Trevor Holloway (stylist) who took the above photos for Quiltfolk Magazine. My work was featured in the Washington issue in the fall of 2024.
My quilt labels are also inkjet printed, and I have a lecture that guilds can host called Quilt Labels to Love!
“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
穀倉 Kokusō (Granary) is available for purchase: $2,000 USD plus tax and shipping.
If you would like to purchase this piece, contact me and please mention the name of the artwork in your message. I will send you an emailed invoice, payable by PayPal, credit card or bank transfer. I deliver to the Seattle area, and ship quilts within the U.S.