Road Rage was exhibited at stitched and bound 2019. Here is Susan’s story…

‘My husband, Jack, and many of our friends are part of the lycra brigade that cycle round the streets at an ungodly time of day. Every weekend there are tales of ‘men down’ in the peloton. Fatalities occur and you will see ghost bikes installed along the roadside memorialising where someone has died. The cause of these accidents can be mechanical failure and incidents within the peloton, but alarming can also be the result of cars being careless and some deliberately targeting vulnerable cyclists because they feel they shouldn’t be on the road. When I saw this Reece Scanlon piece of fabric when I was at AQC in Melbourne, I thought I had to do a piece based on it. So in the foreground of the peaceful scene printed on the linen, I added the cycle wheels and car tyre marks. The white wheel is crumpled to signify a fatal accident. If you look carefully, you will see that crashed bikes and words associated with cycling quilted into the finished piece’

Susan Sheath