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RE: paper quilting
From: Puhl, Kristen K (puhlk_at_TeacherArtExchange)
I recently saw the exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum featuring the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Theirs is an amazing story...virtually isolated from the rest of the world, many nearly died of starvation during the depression...and their quilts resemble the abstract art of the time (mainly 50s, 60s and 70s)! (They were improvisational in making their quilts. Instead of using patterns or planning out designs, they just pieced their strips and squares together, much like a painter or musician improvises. (This is what I stressed when I taught this lesson to my fifth graders.) I had wallpaper scraps cut up into pieces and gave them pieces of construction paper to use as a background, and let them go at it. Some got the idea and their results were wonderful, and some just sort of slopped their way through it. I guess improvisation isn't for everyone. Look up Gee's Bend on google or something; the Whitney has a great site (hard to find though, if I find the address I'll let you know) of loads of lesson plans relating to Gee's Bend. (Not just art, either.) Good luck,
Kristy
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Does anyone have any ideas for making paper quilts for Black history month?
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