Guttersnipes

I have an idea about making quilts with brass rubbings of sewer covers; there is something sort of iconic about their shapes, their regional diversity and the fact that they are gateways to the underground. Maybe these heavy metal discs link a number of fascinations for me: Persephone's journey, flowing water, urban decay... I imagine hidden tubes sprouting from the backs of these quilts, connecting them somehow in unseen ways.