tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post4765761769504295005..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: A week on retreat -- and not much to show for itKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-81380162983007573532017-03-20T17:13:02.355-04:002017-03-20T17:13:02.355-04:00I don't think there is any dispute that many o...I don't think there is any dispute that many of the geometric designs used in quilts are somewhat universal and found in many cultures, ancient and more modern. You only have to look at what was being made in England, etc. and also designs applied to furniture to see the crossover of design ideas from one to the other. There were even design books that craftsmen referenced. They weren't getting their ideas from native cultures necessarily. The thing that is in dispute for me, at least in Ringgold's statement, is that there was a quilt-making culture in Africa that the slaves introduced to the white settlers. That is what I hear her saying in that comment. There may have been some piecing together of cloth to make designs but I don't think there was a tradition of making bedding with the layers then stitched together in patterns of their own. That slaves made quilts for the master as well as self is not in dispute either, and I can believe they would have incorporated symbols and geometric shapes familiar to them. But to imply that those buying the slaves had no knowledge of quilts and quilting before the slaves introduced it to them - well, I don't know where she got that idea in her research.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-77636375515836008642017-03-20T09:59:04.865-04:002017-03-20T09:59:04.865-04:00I have not done deep research, but there is some t...I have not done deep research, but there is some thought that quilt patterns were derived from both Native American imagery and that of African American slaves. If you've ever looked at an exhibit of African textiles, you will see quilt pattern after quilt pattern. Kente cloth is a good example. It would be interesting to hear from a scholar on the subject.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303560145666612160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-85466580853159923132017-03-19T19:30:41.518-04:002017-03-19T19:30:41.518-04:00So what do you think of Faith Ringgold blithely te...So what do you think of Faith Ringgold blithely telling the interviewer that she studied a lot about quilts because she wanted to understand their origin, and "in the United States the quilt was brought here by slaves from Africa"? (A 2012 Craft in America episode http://www.pbs.org/video/2236010468/). I about fell off my chair. That's some selective "studying" imo.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-1831966402419659992017-03-17T14:58:14.253-04:002017-03-17T14:58:14.253-04:00Alternative Facts and Fake News. No one fact chec...Alternative Facts and Fake News. No one fact checks anything anymore. Joanne Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623855664379207620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-33410982180936610552017-03-17T11:42:23.696-04:002017-03-17T11:42:23.696-04:00The trouble with all these sorts of things, is tha...The trouble with all these sorts of things, is that, as soon as you realise how wrong the journalists are about stuff you comprehend, it makes you mistrust everything they say.. Try kites for real misinformation..Helen Howeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378013328370139295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-34835887352248178252017-03-17T08:12:26.574-04:002017-03-17T08:12:26.574-04:00Just "alternative " facts! LOL!!Just "alternative " facts! LOL!!patty a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01861433552460661701noreply@blogger.com