Project: 9-square quilt
Members: Jennifer Johnson, Sarah Shinkewski, Stephanie Hawkins and Natalie
Proposal:
We plan to create a nine square quilt with each member being responsible for creating two squares and one person responsible for three. Sewn together, the squares will create one cohesive image. Our theme for this project is individual interpretation of a shared home, in our case, British Columbia. We hope viewers will consider how different perspectives result in different artistic expression even when the image is the same. We will invite viewers to ask themselves how they would have created their squares. What would they do differently? What would be the same?
We drew inspiration for this collaborative project from the art experiment of Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In 1869, each artist painted the same scene side by side, en plein aire, for 8 hours. The result was two paintings similar in content but differing greatly in style and execution.
Method:
We have selected a square photograph of a forest in the Pacific Northwest which we will divide evenly into nine squares. Each group member will recreate two or three squares of the photo on fabric using any textile art and demonstrating her own abilities, artistic sensibilities and lived experience. The nine squares will be sewn together to create a single image, meshing four different interpretations of the same BC landscape.
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