Estimation, a 30” x 90” handwoven tapestry utilizing found construction materials and reflective tape was made for the MATC downtown campus as part of their initiative to collect and display artwork made by Milwaukee artists. The composition of the work utilizes abstracted imagery from historical cartography and construction tools. “One material I’ve incorporated is high visibility reflective safety tape, which adorns the safety gear worn by trades persons to promote visibility of the wearer. The use of this material is used symbolically in this tapestry, to signify the maker. As a weaver, who toils over every square centimeter of my work, I feel a kinship to the makers of our buildings, roads, and bridges. The amount of painstaking work that is required to create these monuments are mostly invisible to the average person. Similarly, when the material is photographed using a flash, it reveals a hidden image in the tapestry.” - Maggie Sasso