Artwork copyright Peggy Hitchcock. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Peggy Hitchcock. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Copper Maze, 1998

Peggy Hitchcock
(American, born 1951)

Location: Highlands Elementary, Renton

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Combining different patterns and colors, artist Peggy Hitchcock created Copper Maze by silkscreening images into a quilt-like composition made on copper. The imagery and patterns include concentric rings from an agricultural field, altered arabic patterns, Egyptian art details (a recurring theme for her), marine microorganisms, plant tissues, and dandelion seeds.

Hitchcock explains, “I have boxes of enameled copper ready to be used for composing a piece. I’m like a quilter using fabric scraps, only mine are very thin glass and copper that can be folded and cut with a paper cutter.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Renton School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Northwest artist Peggy Hitchcock creates paintings and wall sculptures that explore pattern and form. In most of her artworks, she uses silkscreened and photocopied images based on books, magazines, and other media. She has a library of hundreds of screens that reference history, decorative patterns, the natural world, and much more. Hitchcock explains that part of the beauty of art is that it is "language for our eyes." She grew up in Ohio and has lived and worked in Seattle since the early 1980s.