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
Cite this Quilt
Turner, Patricia Anderso. Mud Cookies. 2009. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health; Quilts and Human Rights. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6432. Accessed: 04/26/24