Get a Close-up Look at Anna Von Mertens' Quilts

KQED: Spark Art Video Podcast by KQED Spark

Jan 19, 2012Arts

Spark explores the method and meaning behind Anna Von Mertens's quilts that are covered with as many as 100,000 handsewn stitches. Original air date: May 2004.

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