Quilts, inspired by "Gee's Bend"

This year our first art project was informed by the elements and principles of design & INSPIRED by the quilt traditions of the women in Gee’s Bend Alabama. For more info about Gee's Bend, click link!

12 inch quilt square patterns were designed by each student, and fabric cut and pasted in a non-traditional quilt making fashion.
The students created the quilts by taping the squares together in groups. Each period made one quilt.
We were able to create the designs from fabric swatch scraps donated by Mrs.Tenbroek and her family.

Quilts are up for "silent auction" through the end of next week, Friday October 10th. Bid sheets are located in the front office. Proceeds will benefit the visual arts classes. Here are the quilt designs and their numbers:

Quilt 1

Quilt 2

Quilt 3:

Quilt 4:

Quilt 5:

Quilt 6:

Thanks to your interest in this project we were able to turn it into a great fundraiser, thank you for bidding!

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Functional Art Nominees

1 1st Period Nominee: Mervin Torrecarion Materials: old toys, legos, broken headphones, PSP, CD's It is a functional music player/speaker system! 2 2nd Period Nominee: Carmen Ramos & Brandon Pamplona Materials: plastic, paper, bottles, cardboard, broken lamp parts It's a functional robot lamp! 3 3rd Period Nominee: Kelsie Grissom Materials: old cigar box, scrap wood, beads, fishing line, scrap building materials It's a functional cigar box guitar! Sounds great :) 4 4th Period Nominee: Hannah Lee Materials:plastic bags, parts of a basket, string, computer parts, christmas lights 6 6th Period Nominee: Simone Evangelista Materials: wicker scrap, cardboard, old lampshade, scrap yarn, bedsheet, newspaper, streamers, old candle holder

So sad, lonely whale

Click here and read about why this whale is lonely, CAUTION the story might break your heart.

Non-Objective/Abstract Nominees

1 1st Period Nominee: Marvin Ceballos Materials: Old floppy disks, cardboard, yarn dispensers, CD's, wire, spraypaint, hot glue 2 2nd Period Nominee: Trish Te Materials: Wire, cups, paint, wicker strips, leather scraps 3 3rd Period Nominee: Alana Lourenco Materials: old school notes, paper, straw, glue 4 4th Period Nominee: Maribel Sustaita Materials: CD's paper, caardboard, paint, grommets, fabric 6 6th Period Nominee: Rachelle Albania Materials: used coffee caddy, recycled aluminum foil, paint, paper scraps, wicker scraps, yarn

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