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Title: Quilt Inspirations from Africa : A Caravan of Ideas, Patterns, Motifs, and Techniques by Kaye England, Mary Elizabeth Johnson ISBN: 0-8442-4206-3 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Georgous photos
Comment: This is a great looking book. Even though the authors are not of immediate African heritage, they have successfully caputred the flavor of African quilting and provided many great photos. The entire book is a joy to own and great to work with. I have used it successfully to make my own interpretations of African designs. I felt it was worth every penny.
Rating: 3
Summary: Ambivalent...
Comment: As an African American quilter, I had mixed feelings about this book. While I felt that the quilt projects were beautiful and the book itself interesting, I felt a little cheated when I realized that the authors were not of African heritage themselves. I know that shouldn't make a difference, that Africa was their inspiration and inspiration is neither inclusive nor exclusive, but I was still disappointed. There is a rich African and African American quilting tradition out there. Please look to those books for inspiration as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: Mary Elizabeth Johnson has given me Africa and the world!!!
Comment: Quilt Inspirations from Africa is a fitting tribute to the beautiful tradition of designing and creating the complex yet simple quilt designs of Africa.
The book itself is an incredible design. It warms your hands and delights your eyes as you behold the colors of African sand, sky and clay in the colors used on the cover. The graphics are clear and rich and provide a wonderful level of detail of the designs that are covered.
The use of diagrams and symbols was well executed and I was especially pleased to learn the meaning of the listed Adinkra symbols and their story. They reminded me of the symbols in the book 1000 Symbols ' What shapes mean in art and myth ' written by Rowena and Rupert Shepard.
As Mary has done so ably in past books, she takes us into the lives and communal folkways of the quilters, whose work she is representing to the world. And she goes one important step further ' she gives us the tools and instructions needed to help perpetuate and preserve these traditions by teaching us how to design, layout and stitch them for ourselves.
Great job on an incredible book.
Philip House
Atlanta, Georgia
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Title: Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts (2nd Edition) by Maude Southwell Wahlman ISBN: 0965376613 Publisher: Tinwood Books Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Quilts of Gee's Bend by John Beardsley, William Arnett, Pauljane Arnett, Jane Livingston, Alvia Wardlaw, Peter Marzio ISBN: 0965376648 Publisher: Tinwood Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Spirits of the Cloth : Contemporary African American Quilts by Faith Ringgold, Carolyn Mazloomi ISBN: 0609600915 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun by Ricky Tims ISBN: 157120217X Publisher: C & T Pub Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A World of Quilts: 10 Projects Using Ethnic Fabrics by Beth Ann Williams ISBN: 1564775046 Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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