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What makes a PATTERN interesting? SPACE COLOR LINE TEXTURE SHAPE COMPOSITION CULTURAL CONTEXT…. PATTERN a 2 dimensional decorative repetition of one or more elements or motifs How do different cultures use the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES of design?. (traditional) JAPANESE. GHANIAN.
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What makes a PATTERN interesting? SPACE COLOR LINE TEXTURE SHAPE COMPOSITION CULTURAL CONTEXT…
PATTERN a 2 dimensional decorative repetition of one or more elements or motifs How do different cultures use the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES of design?
THE QUILTS OF GEE’S BEND Once a quilting collective of 40 to 50 African American women from Gee’s Bend Alabama... “creating through necessity”
Jessie T. Pettway, Bars and string-pieced columns, 1950s;cotton; 95 by 76 inches.
Lillie Mae Pettway, 1927-1990. "Housetop"--twelve-block "Half-Log cabin" variation, ca. 1965, cotton, wool corduroy, 77 x 65 inches.
Church 1969 Silkscreen, Weidman
Bird Tree David Wiedman