I would do for you

This piece comes from a tiny drawing I made of a bodice whilst studying folk costume in the region of Levice in Slovakia in 1979. The half apron contains imagery taken from different drawings of costume. I traveled around Slovakia with Dr. Marta Botikove, who was my interpreter and is still my friend. One day she took me to Horna Streda to meet a women who embroidered costume, who produced two identically embroidered aprons, one to be tied on front-to-back and the other back-to-front. The left side of this piece has a strong line denoting the back of the apron.