Both of the Hemlocks relay Mohawk culture and history through their artwork. Babe and Carla collaborate with each other to create political art works, as well. Babe carved and painted
Walking in Two Worlds, and Carla created a quilt
Tribute to Mohawk Ironworkers, which combined beadwork and appliquéd figured inspired by
Charles Ebbets' iconic 1932 photograph of Mohawk men perched on a suspended
I-beam. Carla has also used treaty cloth in her works, the cloth dating back to the 1700s with the original language of the
Treaty of Canandaigua. The use of this cloth is to draw attention to her people still upholding their end of the treaty, even when the United States government did not. Carla Hemlock's piece,
Our Destruction, was acquired by the
Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the
Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign. While the Hemlocks use political imagery in their artwork—for instance, questioning the long term effects of
fracking—they also use aboriginal Iroquoian imagery. For instance, Carla uses images of turtles in her quilts. ==Collections==