QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6432

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

14.0035

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2014:6.1

Quilt's title:

Mud Cookies

Subject of the quilt:

Quilts and Human Rights

Biography of the quiltmaker?

I use various water-based dyes to transform silk and paper into vibrant and unusual creations that reflect my unique perspective of the simple beauty I see in nature. I often focus on other-worldly representations of trees; trees with explosive colors, outlandish roots, as well as tactile and three dimensional branches and leaves. My passion is also to create artwork that represents my heartfelt need to express my frustration with the world as I see it; this is the art I refer to as my Social Commentary art. This work reflects my concern over issues such as hunger, war, rape, pollution, climate change, torture, freedom of speech, and economic inequality.

Quilt top made by:

Turner, Patricia Anderson

Quilted by:

Turner, Patricia Anderson

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Punta Gorda

Where the quilt was made, state:

Florida (FL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2009

Why was the quilt made?

Art or personal expression

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Punta Gorda

Quiltmaker's state:

Florida (FL)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

53 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

28"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Gray; Yellow

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton; Rayon

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, painting, hand quilting, dyeing, thread painting. Artist dyed cottons and rayons, commercial fabric.

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

First Place: Art Center Sarasota November 12 through January 8, 2011 Second Place: Fall Exhibit Punta Gorda Visual Art Center September and October, 2010 Invitational Exhibit: Rose Room Gallery, Peabody Auidotrium, Dayton Beach, FL March and April, 2010 Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Management World Show, Manchester, NH August 2009 Juried Exhibit: Mancuso Management Show, West Palm Beach, FL November 2009

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

“Grain is scarce in Haiti and the cost of food has escalated." Poor Haitian women mix salt and shortening with dirt and clay to make a food staple they call "mud cookies". The dirt mixture is formed into small round shapes, baked on tarps in the sun, and sold at markets. Many pregnant women rely on mud cookies for daily sustenance,” Patricia Anderson Turner. Inspired by communications with and the photography of Ms. Ariana Cubillos, who lives in Port-Au-Prince and documents the sad reality of mud cookies.

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees