Genome Quilts, Beverly St. Clair

Red Cone Quilt

Human red cone pigment gene (63" × 63")

Beverly St. Clair

is a practicing psychiatrist who has explored the aesthetic and discipline of quilting for many years. Her quilts have been exhibited at The Quilters' Gathering 2003 and 2007, Nashua, NH, the Lowell Quilt Festival, 2004, Lowell, MA, and the International Quilt Festival, 2005, Houston, TX.

In the fall of 2008 her solo exhibit at the Gallery at First Parish Church in Weston, MA included many of her genome quilts and liturgical stoles. Her "Human red cone pigment gene" quilt is featured on the cover of December 2008 Nature Genetics.

Her unique focus is on what she has termed the "genome quilt," and she also creates celebration quilts for friends, family, and by commission.

Go to nationalgeographic.com for an excellent and easy way to obtain a sequence of part of your own DNA (suitable for encoding in a genome quilt), learn about your deep ancestry, and contribute to an ethical worldwide project to understand the history of the human species.