Color Code is a quilted wall hanging that invites personal decoding. It asserts that textiles become a powerful system of knowing, remembering, and speaking without words.
Strips and blocks of African and African diasporic textiles are pieced together to suggest vertical, horizontal and diagonal cultural knowledge passed through cloth. The layered construction also mirrors how knowledge is passed down through interruption, adaptation, and return although there is no single entry point or fixed interpretation. 
Color plays a central role as both signal and symbol. Bold reds suggest vitality, urgency, and resistance. Blues evoke water, memory, and spiritual grounding. Yellows and golds reference abundance, light, and sacred energy, while black operates as both anchor and protector, holding the composition together.  This work invites viewers to “read” the quilt intuitively, honoring textile traditions where fabric functions as message, record, and ancestral voice.
Ankara strips framed with cotton sashing.  Solid cotton backing. Free motion and straight machine stitching  Approx 33" x 33"  Ready to hang