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Robin Tost: Scrap Metal Quilts

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Start:
October 5, 2022 @ 8:00 am
End:
December 23, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Cost:
$10.00
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Website:
https://cahoonmuseum.org/robin-tost/

Venue

Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Cotuit, MA 02635 United States
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Phone
15084287581
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Sculptor Robin Tost creates colorful, whimsical ‘full metal quilts’ out of recycled automobile parts and cast off metal. The idea for her signature style began during a biking trip across Vermont through a region devastated by factory closings. She noticed women selling quilts to supplement their family income and was inspired to create sculpture transforming old, hard recycled metal (a ‘man’s material’) into a form associated with women’s fiber work. Inspired by traditional quilt patterns, Tost cuts the metal, punches it with a drill press, and sews the pieces together with wire. The exhibition includes a dozen of her metal quilts as well as her large scale animal sculptures, Spirit Bear and Phoenix.

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