Baby Block to Creativity is a feminist response to minimalist sculpture. The square is the foundation of quilt patterns. Baby Block to Creativity is the name for this quilt pattern and is used as a metaphor for the piece. It is so very hard to be creative when you’re taking care of small children. There is no moment in the day unused and the effort required to take care of small children and a house is exhausting. Child care, child rearing, and the work of parents is unappreciated, under valued, and underpaid in our modern age.
Printed steel from vintage steel doll houses, folded and fabricated using the traditional quilt pattern titled Baby Block.
Dimensions: 12" H x 12” W x 12” D
Available for exhibition or for purchase.
The primary colors are pink and blue, stereotyped gender specific colors for babies. In the 1950’s, however, these colors were used for kitchens and appliances as modern symbols of domestic bliss.
This sculpture, Baby Block to Creativity is in the book Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects by Mara Holt Skov and Steven Skov Holt.
An entire chapter of the book features my work. CLICK on the title or the image of the book to see more information about this fabulous book.
© Harriete Estel Berman, 2021