‘Meet The Artist' (No: 65) | Joe Cunningham | Quilter

American artist Joe Cunningham has been a professional quilter for 44 years and has written a dozen books, many magazine articles, museum catalogue essays and papers on the subject of quilts. He has lectured at museums, universities and for quilt guilds and conferences internationally.  “After many years spent studying, copying and imitating 19th century quilts and quilt styles, I made the decision to create my own style. While these quilts seem to be foreign to the common ideas of the tradition, it was my studies of the tradition that showed me how to create freely and in my own abstract language”. His quilts can be found in major museums in the US and in many private collections. Filmed at the Festival of Quilts 2023.

* Joe Cunningham: https://www.joecunninghamquilts.com/

Books by Joe Cunningham:
*Men and the Art of Quiltmaking: https://amzn.to/45FOBfd
*American Beauties: Rose and Tulip Quilts: https://amzn.to/3zaekjX
*Quilting with Style: Principles for Great Pattern Design:https://amzn.to/3xBym6d
*70 Classic Quilting Patterns: 70 Ready-to-Use Designs and Instructions: https://amzn.to/3Rw5uTB
*Sets and Borders:https://amzn.to/3LcO9vL
*Man Made Quilts: Civil War to the Present:https://amzn.to/3VPemGu
*Amish Abstractions: Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown:https://amzn.to/3KS1Hws
*Mary Schafer and Her Quilts:https://amzn.to/4c8RLKY

* Festival of Quilts: https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk

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