I first saw this quilt in September 2002 when Valerie Goodwin posted to the Quilt Art list giving her new website where she also showed work by her students. She is an architect and teaches at Florida A&M University's School of Architecture. Valerie was preparing for an exhibit of her work and didn't want to sell this quilt until after the exhibit. But, true to her word, she contacted me when the exhibit was taken down and I was able to buy the quilt. It is very unlike the work she is doing now, but it still "speaks" to me. I have been tempted by her more recent work, but I have yet to add another of her quilts to the TCQC. I was pleased to meet her two years ago when she had a quilt in the Visions Exhibit. See her current work at www.quiltsbyvalerie.com
"Rotational Displacement" Valerie Goodwin 2002 24"W x 48"L
Cotton fabrics, machine pieced, hand appliqued, hand quilted.
There are two pieces of this fabric printed with words - just the kind of detail that draws me in.
This quilt has a plain back and you will notice that the matching sleeve makes it a horizontal quilt, but I have added a black sleeve on one end to hang it vertical. I much prefer it that way. If you want to see it in the artist's orientation - the bottom of the quilt is the grey border with the red inserts. The label is on the original sleeve - the white label on the lower left is the TCQC label.
3 comments:
Del, really love this new addition to the TCQC. So interesting that Valerie is an arch. prof.
Dear Del,
I, too, love Valerie's work. I like this piece in either orientation.
Strangely, my first reaction to it was "Olives!"--the greenish circles w/red centers!
Linda Laird
I like it vertically, too. And I really am fascinated with Valerie's work with maps. It's fun to see an earlier piece.
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