Whatcom Place Quilt Project
Art 100: Art Appreciation
Class Project: Art 100
Whatcom Place Quilt: Visual Symbols
Objective: In this project students will create an
artwork in response to an assigned theme.
Through this project students will explore the
creative process, and how visual imagery can
work as a type of language.
The Assignment: As a team of students create a
black and white panel for a larger quilt. Use the
visual strategies of silhouette when creating your
images. Avoid line drawings.
Fall 2012 Theme:
Cherry Point
Artists to look at:
Keith Haring, Kara
Walker, Shazia
Sikander, Beatrice
Coron
Research:
Kept simple- a field trip with cameras, and a short
discussion at the beach.
Whatcom Place Quilt: Field Prompts
Topical Questions:
What do you see that reveals the human presence?
What do you see that is nature?
What do you see that reveals history?
What do you see when you imagine the future? 5
years? 10 years? 50 years?
Seeing questions:
What do you see
immediately?
What stands out?
What do you
need to search
for?
What is hidden?
Not seen?
Materials: Tyvek, Sharpie Markers, Black Paint
Techniques: Students worked in teams with a
variety of techniques and strategies.
Overhead projector used
to transfer photo that
has been xeroxed onto
transparency sheets.
Students use the
projector to enlarge the
photo and can alter and
edit as they draw.
Students working
with images and
field trip notes as
inspiration for less
direct drawing. This
team is using two
techniques: direct
painting and cutting
silhouettes.
The labor intensive technique
of cutting stensils.
Putting it all together!
The finished “Cherry Point”
quilt.
One team was responsible for
the borders of the piece.