A good example of the artist’s transition away from direct carving is his assemblage sculpture Mother and Child, 1990. An ice-cream-parlor chair becomes the maternal torso, with the metal spirals of its bent-wire back forming the maternal breasts. Sock stretchers, unknown in the age of washing machines, are relics used by Gachot for the mother’s legs. The baby’s head is formed from a metal strainer that frames a painted face made from a rounded piece of wood, with wooden eyes and nose pasted on. The mother’s eyes are brass upholstery tacks. Her hair is made from hangers cut apart and braided. “As American as mom and apple pie”: motherhood is a sanctified zone in American life .

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— Franklin Hill Perrell, from "Richard Gachot: An American Original"