Valerie Goodwin
Valerie S. Goodwin began designing and making quilts in 1998. Her interest began as part of her involvement in teaching architectural design classes at Florida A& M University’s School of Architecture. Her students investigate parallels between architecture and quilting as an introduction to ideas about composition, ordering systems, color and pattern.
Her work as an artist uses architectural elements such as built form, city grid, mapping and composition as a source of inspiration. These pieces are part of a continuing investigation of ideas that focus on geometrical relationships, patterns and ordering principles found in architecture. Her work conveys these ideas abstractly, through the use of collage, layering, transparency, density and improvisation.
She is an Architect and college Professor educated at Yale University and Washington University in St. Louis. Students were asked to investigate parallels between architecture and quilting. They studied issues related to composition, ordering systems, color and pattern. As a result, she felt compelled to gain actual experience with this medium. To her surprise, she found the design and making of quilts as engaging as the design and study of architecture
Workshop: Favorite Places
Intermediate to Advanced
What is a Map?
map (map), mapped, mapping, n.
a drawing representing selected features of the earth’s surface or part of it.
a maplike drawing of anything: a highway way, a weather map. Maps are intriguing as an art form and as a vehicle for artistic expression. Theyare personal explorations of map language and imagined landscapes. Through satellite imagery sites like Google maps — almost any place can be translated into an exquisite mixed media Cartographic Quilt.
Name a favorite place. Is it in your city, your state, the USA or somewhere far away? In this class you can design a cartographic map of a favorite location such as Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or the Eiffel Tower.
Discover the possibilities of creating a map from fabric, paint and thread!
Using a fun and simple series of painted and collaged, mixed- media techniques, you will create the feeling or ingredients of a place. The instructor will guide you through a series of steps that will provide opportunities to learn about design while giving you the freedom to experiment within a structured framework.
The goal is to weave together various types of drawings such as aerial views, plans, and 3D images in a cohesive and creative composition to reveal the story of a specific place.
Supply List for Valerie’s workshop
(Supply lists are provided by the instructor and you are encouraged to direct any questions regarding required equipment and supplies to the instructor.)