Amazing session, complete eye-opener about quilting’s place as a craft of history, civil and social protest particularly for women
Incredible examples: The Queen’s Quilt, Rajah Quilt and above all Aids Memorial Quilt (largest community art project in the world. I was particularly engaged by the rationale of every segment being the standard size of a US gravestone)
“DO NOT MISTAKE THE SOFTNESS OF QUILTS AS WEAKNESS”
Themes of fortifying, armour, comforting. Something intended as warm, protective can be considered in a historical and protest sense
Loved the practical side of this, my sewing skills were awful
My segment was intended to reflect my MAGCD journey so far using abstract shapes, from red, pointed shapes to calm colours and calm seas over the course of the first semester
