Moonraker
Priscilla Stultz
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Artist Statement
Moonraker is a spin off of the 1979 highly underrated Bond film, the eleventh in the series and fourth with Roger Moore, has Bond investigating the disappearance of a U.S. Space Shuttle. The film is based on a 1954 book by Ian Fleming.
Moonraker is actually a nautical term. It refers to a rare sail used on clipper sailing ships. The Moonraker is at the top of the mast. In Rockaway Beach, there’s a sculpture of a Moonraker facing the Pacific Ocean.
The word is English in origin, a name traditionally given to Wiltshire people. It is from a joke about fools who saw the reflection of the moon in a pond and tried to rake it out.
Techniques
Fused raw edge applique, machine quilting, fabric painting, machine quilting and applique.
Materials
Batting, commercial fabric, thread, fabric paint, Angelina fibers, Wonder Under.