1Faith Ringgold was a quilter who also painted, embroidered imagery into her quilts. If you were to create a story quilt, what story might it tell, what materials would you use and how would you use them? Compare your idea to the multiple ways fiber artists have told a story it to one of the various quilters or fiber craft persons we’ve seen this semester.(Faith Ringgold, Miriam Shapiro, Judy Chicago, Sheila Hicks, Amish or Gees Bend).
2 George and Mira Nackashima have become well known for their contemporary style of working with wood. George felt each tree had a soul that dictated his style and decision to what would be created. Other woodworkers feel similarly but have discovered through the use of machinery and technique a unique style of their own. Discuss two wood workers that have done so, their machinery and style of product they produce. See Slide 33 for short films in wood that we were not able to see. These may be used as examples.
3 Choosing two craftsperson’s whose work was created between 1940 and 2020 discuss what influenced their theme (an event: historically, envirnmentally, generationally, stylistically etc) and use of materials they chose to work with. Why are they so different in their approach to such work? See 70 Years of Making :
4 In the 1970’s feminism (an advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes)became a popular theme in the arts and crafts. Using the work of two feminist crafts persons explain how they accomplished their goals through their art/craft.