"This is the kind of art you take home with you, metaphorically. You take it into your life; it becomes yours."
Artist Sheila Hicks reflects on "The Harp of Praise," a prayer book by Ethiopian scribe Baselyos in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
Sheila Hicks, born in 1934, is an American textile artist.
Sheila Hicks (American, born Hastings, Nebraska, 1934)
Écailles, 1976
Silk, wool, razor clam shells; unframed: H. 9 1/4 × W. 8 1/4 in. (23.5 × 21 cm), framed: H. 24 × W. 16 7/16 × D. 1 1/2 in. (61 × 41.8 × 3.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Melvin Bedrick Gift, 1989 (1989.29) © Sheila Hicks
