Weather Channel

At 48 feet long and 9 feet tall, Libby Chaney: Seasons is monstrous. But its bulk makes it immersive, cloaking the viewer in 500 square feet of scraps from dresses, curtains and tablecloths from thrift stores. When the art installation envelops the Maria Neil Art Project this month and next, it will allow viewers to fully experience all seasons at once. Chaney helps us stitch together the story behind the piece.

I have a lifetime collection of fabrics. I have things from all over the world. I really enjoy that it makes it feel like a collaboration — as if I am working with the designers of all these fabrics. I could not wait to see [Seasons] down on the ground, and my studio wasn't big enough. John Farina and Adam Tully said they would like to show it, and I just thought that was great. You can walk in the front door and be in the seasons. I think of it as a contemplative piece. I would love to see people just get quiet when they see it. That's what it is for me. I like to sit and think and see things I didn't see before. It is about the passage of time, not just tulips and trees.