in  the bill  melinda gates foundation commissioned watt to produce a site-specific artwork for their seattle campus the work entitled blanket stories matriarch guardian and seven generations is a -foot column of wool blankets from all over the world and is located in the buildings lobby describing how the materials fit this specific location watt wrote "its the first column ive made with the explicit goal of collecting and integrating blankets from around the world echoing the foundations global mission the column will be constructed of reclaimed blankets and reclaimed cedar in resonance with the campus goal of attaining leed gold certification"