| THREADING
THE 20TH CENTURY: WOMEN & FIBER
 Fay Timmerman-Traudt
Size: 45" x 58"
Price: $2,200
Copyright 1998
Techniques & Materials: Found objects:
vintage quilt blocks, worn quilt pieces & clothing, recycled zippers & buttons,
political buttons, plastic, tissue patterns, etc. Machine pieced and quilted with rayon
threads. (Batting 80% cotton/20% polyester.)
A modern version of the traditional crazy quilt, "Threading the 20th Century: Women & Fiber"
commemorates those exploited and killed in this Century. It also celebrates the brave
souls who risked their lives and livelihoods to improve and even save life for others. The
pink and lavender triangles and swastika block represent the millions of Jews and
"untouchables" murdered during the holocaust.
The red section symbolizes the girls and women who died in backroom abortions as others
like Margaret Sanger fought for their reproductive rights. The blue and white block
represents women’s political repression and the proud women of the suffragette
movement who paved the way for such notables as Geraldine Ferraro and Jesse Jackson in
American politics.
This quilt illustrates the irony of the exploitation of women, children and men in the
textile industry as it celebrates women’s joy in creating quilts. The pink glove
signifies the inequity of the financial and social classes—many impoverished women
made quilts in exchange for fabric scraps and worked in other peoples homes for below
minimum wage pay.
The use of found objects (i.e.: other women’s blocks, worn quilts, buttons,
zippers and slogan buttons) celebrate the common threads of sharing, struggle and
"making do" woven through women’s lives.
Exhibitions: Front Range Contemporary
Quilters 1998 Member Show, Denver, Colorado (Juror: Sue Benner.) The Fine Art of
Fiber II, Planet Earth & the 4 Directions Gallery, 1998, Grand Junction, Colorado.
2nd Annual Warmth for Winter, Gallery Connections, Hotchkiss, Colorado, 1999. |
