Damnation and Deliverance

by Rhoda Taylor
(PA)

This quilt was made for the "Saligia" (Seven Deadly Sins) show of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists.

It was such fun to make. Each sin is in a square - the name of the sin (greed, sloth, lust, etc.) is represented by the appropriate Chinese character, and underneath that is the English name of the sin. In a strip placed across the lower corner of each square is the punishment in hell for the sin (boiled in oil, dismembered alive, etc.).

The characters and words were ink-jet printed on red fabric and a commercial print with Chinese character-like symbols was used as background. I've always wanted to use Chinese characters in a quilt since I taught in China for part of a year. In China red is the color of celebration and good luck and for this piece represents celebrating repentance, penance and absolution from the sins.

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