PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This piece is a representative of what my mental mind map of home looks like. I chose to add avatars of significant people in my life, framed around a photo of my childhood home, as this was and will always be the first place I think of when someone mentions the word ‘home’. I tried to tie in aspects of my Bridge 1 project for seminar into this piece by referencing the same aspects of my definition of ‘home’ and significant people from my memories that I talked about in my ‘I remember’ poem. However the area surrounding my home was not as important/did not shape me as much as the people in my life did which is why this is not a traditional geographic style map.
MATERIALS USED:
I used 3 pairs of recycled pants to construct the entire quilt. It is sewn together with thread and the images were applied with iron-on transfer paper. It is wrapped around a cardboard backing.
ROUGH DRAFTS AND PROCESS PHOTOS:
REFLECTION:
This piece follows the prompt of the project as it is in a grid/8-bit style with the blocks of fabric that make up the quilt as if they were pixels. It also follows the retro video gaming style aspect of the prompt but in a more non-traditional way being that it resembles an old board game or possibly the character select page of a retro video game. My choice of making a quilt comes from the fact that sewing is a big part of my memories and is also a representation of home for me/a big part of my personality since as long as I can remember. It is reminiscent of my mother who also sews and passed her skills down me by teaching me to use a sewing machine when I was just nine years old, the style of this quilt reflects something I might have made during that time. During the critique I found that most of the key points I want to convey through my piece were successful, my peers said they got the sense that my home was based more off of the people rather than a physical place and also mentioned that the choice of making this as a quilt reflects my passion for sewing. They understood the grid concept and mentioned the fact it looks like a board game. They also said the fabrics gave it a western/Little House on the Prairie feel to it, the fabric choice would be the only thing I would change if I was to make this quilt again. I am not from a western or prairie area so I might have instead chosen more Swedish inspired fabrics to tie into the heritage aspect of my home, which also relates back to my mother who is from Sweden. Overall, I am pleased with how this project turned out and feel I was successful in all my goals and the points I was trying to convey.
Linnea Anderson
September 24th, 2018
