Raymond Dzufer – Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Raymond Dzufer', cotton / mixed media, made in Queensland, Australia, c. 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, with a decorated royal blue robe appliqued on to a calico background. The robe has a zipper at the neck, and a silver-coloured collar with a 'stiffening' insert. There are two shoulder pads. The decorations are a varied - stencilled moons and stars, glitter blue and silver squiggles, and also seven coloured plastic stones. Lettering (magic?) and the '8' are also in glitter paint. Underneath on the left is a plastic covered A4 size sheet decorated with irises and is a biography - Words on the paper are as follows: 'RAYMOND DZUFER / 17.08.1964 - 14.02.1994. "Born in Kew, Melbourne / Raymond was a very good student while attending school. Studied for / ten years Ball Room Dancing. In 1982 after finishing school, he went to / fashion designer college in Melbourne. Raymond earned a scholarship / to Denmark and Paris. In 1990 he graduated with Honors and received / a certificate of Bachelor of Arts in Fashion. From 1990 to 1993 / Raymond worked as a fashion designer. In 1982 Raymond was / diagonsed with HIV(Aids) and later died on the 14th February 1994. / Raymonds family and friends miss him very much and he wil be / always in our hearts and his memory will live on. WITH ALL OUR LOVE IN OUR HEARTS, / MUM, BROTHERS, SISTER, SISTER-IN-LAWS. / NIECES AND NEPHEWS. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'. On the right is a plastic covered black and white photograph of Raymond and a small white dog.