About this project
As part of Quilt Projects, an ongoing investigation of quiltmaking from the standpoint of a contemporary practice, I give an interactive performance called Quilt Stories where I sit inside of a quilted tent, meeting visitors and recording their stories and anecdotes about quilts. I have been to Portland, Boise, Salt Lake City, and the Bay Area with my tent thus far.
I would like to raise money through Kickstarter to take this Quilt Stories project on the road- visiting different communities between Palouse Washington and Minneapolis Minnesota, collecting stories along the way. One prominent stop will be at the International Quilt Studies Center in Lincoln Nebraska, where I will further my research on improvisational quilt-making traditions. I will end up in Minneapolis, at a two-week artist's residency, where I will use the stories to create a project, probably with song & animation, and share my work there. I will also be making a documentary of my trip.
Below are my estimated costs for the project - if I end up exceeding my $3000 goal, I will bring Quilt projects all the way to the East Coast and Canada in the fall!
COSTS:
gas $800
car tune up & oil change $300
food $500
occasional lodging $300
(i am hoping to be hosted most of the time but might need to get a motel)
supplies $300
(supplies for tent, MP3 recorder, mini-DV tapes, bike rack)
studio time & residency support $500
processing fees $300
THANK YOU for your interest, please send me a message if you know of a place I should visit along the way.
FAQ
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hey friend,
it's way easy- just look at this Flickr page I post to- a set for every day on tour!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quilt-tours/with/5838598590/
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you will receive a one-of-a-kind hand-colored patchwork patch, plus a fabulous postcard from the road!
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A goodie bag is coming your way- with your above-mentioned patch and postcard and surprise, PLUS: a limited-edition DVD of nine animations by eliza fernand with BONUS FOOTAGE of Quilt Stories Tour 2011!!!
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Postcard! DVD! Patch! and.... limited edition, lovingly hand-bound booklet of Quilt Drawings- one for every day on the tour, complete with travel notes (!!!!)
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You will be the proud owner of an original Quilt Drawing, signed by eliza fernand, made on tour, with travel notes and a personal note to very special you.
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you will come home from the post office with everything mentioned above!!!
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I will send you the surprise and postcard from the road, and when i get to Minneapolis, I will make a one-of-a-kind patchwork, crafted from sentimental fabrics, just for your home and travel needs.... !
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I will make you a table top sized version of my quilted tent!
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I will send you the postcard, souvenir, DVD, patch, travel drawings booklet, AND, turn your quilt story into a piece of artwork..... an ANIMATION!!!
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I will send you the postcard, souvenir, DVD, patch, travel drawings booklet, AND, turn your quilt story into a piece of artwork..... an ILLUSTRATED ZINE!!!
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YOU ARE THE PROUD OWNER OF A WELL-TRAVELED QUILTED TENT!!! congratulations.
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Eliza is inspired by craft supplies, relationships, forces of nature, small histories, bodily functions, mysteries, flowers, and scraps of things. Her sculpture, installation and performance works revolve around sensual and familiar materials, the interaction between bodies and objects, and the transformation of materials and ideas. Eliza has exhibited in and curated shows on both coasts and places in between, and she has lived and worked at artist's residencies in New Jersey, Normandy, California, North Carolina, New Mexico, Quebec, Washington, Idaho, and Minnesota.
