Layers of Meaning

Jane Burch Cochran

Jane Burch Cochran is a quilter who has brought together several backgrounds and influences to create her art quilts. Of her piece, Winged Victory (right), Cochran states "At 21, I visited the Louvre and will always remember the 'winged victory' in a stair alcove. Connie Iskin gave me the old, white organdy dress. I envisioned a winged victory figure with wings made from gloves." The quilt includes: old organdy dress, gloves, old embroidery, handkerchief, embroidered roses, various fabric, beads, buttons, sequins, paint, glitter. All of this is brought together with saying of women's victories in the over the past few decades.

Cochran further enhances her art by adding 'found objects' that have a personal connection: a glove from a grandmother; buttons from a friend. The pieces tie together in an evocative richness.

image: Winged Victory by Jane Burch Cochran