Beyond the studio quilt: image and issue
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Within the format of the studio quilt, various materials, techniques, and images combine to portray contemporary political and social issues. Resist dyeing, screen printing, hand painting, beading, and stitching techniques are used to translate images gleaned from the print media into the three layered construction of the quilt. Fiber and fabric have been used for this purpose for centuries, most often by groups outside the prevailing power structure. Issues addressed by this work include the self-expectations of 1980s women, childhood in a computer oriented society, the effects of the disaster at Chernobyl, and the 1988 presidential campaign. Historic textiles and editorial cartoons are major influences. The work documented by this thesis was exhibited at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, Massachusetts, from May 20 to July 10, 1988.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Boston University
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