Patts Nature Gallery: My Gentle Giant 'Ben'

This tender silverback was 4 years in the making as once painted ( ink on white cotton) , I loved him so, I had to deeply ponder the quilted texture plan. It was worth the wait, as Ben won The Master Award for Machine Artistry at The international Quilt Festival in Houston. He is pigment ink on cotton, wool/poly batting, batik batting, poly threads.This piece is approximately 37 x 43"