From the Artist:

Janice Jakielski is a Massachusetts (soon to be Colorado) based sculptor.

From the Artist:

“Against all sense and practicality, I have made a career creating sculpture from collaged and quilted cloth. A little over ten years ago, I upped the ante, adding kinetic elements to the three-dimensional work. This meant working with a fourth dimension- time.

From the Artist:

"My work is influenced by the idea of legacy, and the ways in which our family history, oral histories, and DNA shape our personalities and life trajectories. There is a saying, “We die two deaths. The first, when we die, and the second is when we’ve been forgotten.” Are our ancestors truly forgotten or does our DNA retell their past whether we know it or not?