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36. "Three Sisters" Alice Helms Asheville, North Carolina |
| Batik fabrics; fused applique; hand embroidery. |
| Three Sisters illustrates the Native American practice of growing corn, beans and squash together – a natural alliance. Corn provides a pole for bean vines to climb. Bean roots add nitrogen to the soil, and bean vines help stabilize the corn. Squash vines become a living mulch, preventing weeds and keeping the soil moist. Corn, beans and squash also complement one another nutritionally. I celebrate this simple, intuitive and life-sustaining tradition. |
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