Category Archives: Spring 2018 Archive (336)

For this post I chose a work by Lucy T. Pettway called “Birds In The Air.” What really caught my attention for this piece was the patterns established throughout. I love how the quilt is made almost entirely of triangles and … Continue reading →

The incredible and elaborate quilt patterns created by the women of Gee’s Bend, are most certainly an example of formstorming. Formstorming, the process of finding inspiration and creativity through iterations of design and observations of many many designs, allows creators … Continue reading →

These quilts have historical value and all of the quilt display design concepts that we have learned about, but these women did not have any knowledge of these concepts, which makes these quilts quite amazing. The first quilt seems that … Continue reading →

The Gee’s Bend quilts are all beautiful and unique examples of formstorming – acts of creativity and visual thinking that result from challenging oneself to overcome basic design problems. By approaching these problems in unique and original ways, artists such as the … Continue reading →

The quilts of Gee’s Bends have a lot of similar designs, most noticeably the log cabin and housetop, yet the diverse quilts they were able to make by simple variations creates interest. This log cabin design by Loretta Pettway is … Continue reading →

     Formstorming is the process of visually thinking, creators use this as a tool to put more depth into their designs when they are too basic. Through automatic, easily conceived notions, towards recognizable but subtle concepts, to results that … Continue reading →

According to the reading, Formstorming is the acts/works of visual thinking and the quilts that the women of the “Gee’s Bend Quilts” had created represent just that. Each women had created their quilts purely on experience, surroundings, and their motives … Continue reading →

I selected the “Doves of the Window” quilt as my example of formstorming. In this quilt, you see repeating squares of the same pattern, but each square contains a different combination of colors. This shows the idea that formstorming is … Continue reading →