American Dream

American Dream - Sakaguchi, originally uploaded by Mellicious.

This is Japanese baseball player Hideo Nomo, for those of you who aren't the kind of baseball fan who would automatically know these things. (Nomo has a very distinctive pitching style; I looked at it and immediately knew who it was, even though it's been a while since I saw him pitch.)

It's a great depiction of Nomo, but one thing that struck me about it is the background - it's a very simple scrap background, but it's amazingly effective as a stand-in for a crowd of people. I wouldn't've thought it would work, but it does.

The quilt above is "American Dream - Hideo Nomo" by Fusako Sakaguchi. This was (I believe) part of a special exhibit at IQF 1998.