#CelebratingBlackQuilters
#BlackHistoryMonth
Wini “Akissi” McQueen (1943-) still has bits of the quilt she made at six with scraps her grandfather brought home from his work at a cotton mill. The Howard alum, who found a home in Georgia, used hand dyeing/image transfers in her early quilts though her recent work has explored more conceptual ideas
Representative work:
Ode to Edmund
Cotton/Photo transfer
40” x 61”
1992
More info:
https://historicmacon.org/wwwhistoricmaconorg/blog/2022/11/3/thats-how-we-survived
Photo credit: High Museum
RE: https://mastodon.art/@inarticulatequilter/116013126825237803
Before #CelebratingBlackQuilters, I did not know that column quilts are a traditionally African design. It's made me re-evaluate a lot of quilts I've come across, seeing influences that I wouldn't have before
I've actually learned a lot about the African-American influence on contemporary quilting - later this month, I'll be spotlighting a woman who almost singlehandedly introduced 3 separate modern quilting techniques!