 |
Journey of Hope: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama by Carolyn L. Mazloomi: Journey of Hope is a gallery of more than 100 stunning quilts inspired by President Obama’s path to the White House. The works range from the poignantly abstract to the grippingly realistic and feature techniques including piecing, painting, appliqué, embroidery, dyeing, beading, and more. Filled with the spirit of renewal and change that fueled the Obama campaign, Journey of Hope is a celebration of our patchwork heritage and the quilter’s art. |
 |
Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Traditional by Carolyn L. Mazloomi: Jazz, like quilting, is a woven art form. Both genres produce textural harvests spun from the life fibers of masters of the imagination who create for our contemplation. Quiltmaking, as in jazz, evokes a host of complex rhythms and moods. Some quilt artists listen to jazz music while working on their quilts because the one form of artistic inspiration ignites in the other. When the two forms connect, the creative energy explodes exponentially. Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition releases both the individual particles and the synergistic power of this explosion. The 83 quilts pictured include traditional, improvisational, and art quilts from some of the country's best known African American quilters. Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition unite the two most well known, and popular artistic forms in African American culture jazz and quilts. These quilt artists have harnessed in cloth the spirit of jazz, and let us feel, hear, and see jazz music. |
 |
Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary African American Quilts by Carolyn L. Mazloomi: Featuring 150 color photographs, "Spirits of the Cloth" is one of the first popular books to showcase the work of contemporary African-American quilters. Dating back to the colonial period, the African American quilting tradition originated when enslaved Africans brought with them to this country textile skills, such as appliqué, piecing, and embroidery. Since that time, a rich legacy of art and culture developed in this country, culminating in a virtual renaissance of quilting in the past two decades. The book features over 100 quilts made by America's leading female and male African American quilters. Spirits of the Cloth reveals the growing popularity and significance of quilts as an art form. These quilts, in their diversity and quality, attest to the ability of creative artists to transform lifeless materials into lively and life-sustaining statements of the human spirit. The exhibition has been organized by the American Craft Museum of New York. |
 |
Quilting African American Women's History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions by Carolyn L. Mazloomi: Each of us who has the privilege and the joy of seeing the stunning works in Quilting African American Women's History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions must also listen carefully to what these works of art are saying to us. In the words of quilter Tina Brewer, "Listen closely, focus your eyes deeper." The one hundred-one quilts, created by fifty-three women and men, speak of challenges, creativity, and champions of African American women. For assembling this feast for our eyes and providing a narrative that helps us to clearly hear what these works of art are saying, we are indebted to Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. |
 |
Threads of Faith: Recent Works from the Women of Color Quilters Network by Carolyn L. Mazloomi: Features more than 50 virtuoso examples of quilt making. Created by members of the Women of Color Quilters Network, the works in this exhibition catalog demonstrate how today's African-American artisans are reinvigorating a traditional craft form and developing religious imagery that reflects the contemporary nature of their lives and communities. |
 |
Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe by Spike Gillespie, Carolyn L. Mazloomi (Contributor): This essential book for all quilters and quilt collectors tells the fascinating story of quilting around the world, illuminated by the international quilt community’s top experts and more than 300 glorious color photographs. Covering Japan, China, Korea, and India; England, Ireland, France, Sweden and the Netherlands; Australia, Africa, Central America, North America, and beyond, Quilts Around the World explores both the diversity and common threads of quilting. Discover aboriginal patchwork from New Zealand, intricate Rallis from the Middle East, Amish and Hawaiian quilts from the United States, Sashiko quilts from Japan, Molas from Central America, and much more. Also included is an appendix of patchwork and applique patterns to use in your own quilt projects, inspired by designs from the world’s most striking quilts. |