Valerie Goodwin quilt in TCQC 09-27-21

Here is a quilt that I added to TCQC in 2003 and it is very different from what Valerie Goodwin is now creating.   Some viewers think of this as the "olive" quilt, but those are not olives at all.  If you Google Rotational Displacement you get:

– Rotational displacement is how far the object rotates.

Rotational displacement is how far the object rotates. • Units: fractions of a complete revolution; degrees; radians. • 1 complete revolution = 360º = 2π ...

I am definitely not a physicist, but for my mind this does relate to the image on this quilt.  I continue to find it fascinating and like to hang it at the end of the hall to enjoy it often.  Here is the original blog post from 2010.

Valerie Goodwin quilt in TCQC 09-12-10

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 25"W x 46"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.

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