When this prompt was first revealed, I started seeing the term “deconstruction” being used in connection with fabric, not in the literal sense of tearing it apart or separating articles of clothing, but through various chemical applications. It was a bit of a mystery to me, and having no quilt

I soon arrived at an event from my childhood regarding this theme. I was about 9 years old and was arguing with my younger sister. I was angry. I grabbed an object and threw it! Accidentally, the object hit a beautiful valuable bowl, which subsequently broke! The result was that

The word ‘deconstruction’ immediately brings to mind the French philosopher Jacques Derrida and his critique of Western metaphysics. Influenced by his ideas, deconstructivist art challenges notions of unity, centrality, and binary hierarchies. It often reexamines marginalized or unconventional perspectives, favoring flexibility over rigid modes of thought. Over time, this approach

Overcoming old ways often means not only deconstruction, but to destroy what has been. This can be very disturbing, unsettling for most, as humans like consistency and routines. Even pets don’t like change, – just move a chair in your living room, and you’ll be punished by panicking eyes for

Musing by Martha Ressler I am undecided, but I’m thinking about returning to a theme I’ve visited before: an old rusting truck frame at the end of my little dead end road.  The gentleman who worked on cars died, and his widow has just left these, which had been used

The prompt for the next Cloth in Common round is the verb: DECONSTRUCT (ION) (ED) which means: 1) to break something down into its separate parts in order to understand its meaning, especially when this is different from how it was previously understood 2) to take something apart like an