Tom and Alexei Share a Tube of Vodka
Luana D. Rubin
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Artist Statement
This quilt celebrates the lifelong friendship of Tom Stafford and Alexey Leonov. After orbiting the moon on Apollo 10, Tom went on to command the Apollo-Soyuz Test project, smashing down barriers between US and Russia and making fast friends with Alexey Leonov, commander of the Russian side of the joint mission. Here is an imagined moment between the astronaut and the cosmonaut, sharing a tube of space food that has been covered with a label from a Vodka bottle.
Techniques
Fused applique and machine stitching.
Materials
Batiks and hand-dyes, Steam-a-Seam 2.