Spirited Threads : A Fabric Artist's Passion for Life : The Art and Writings of Patricia Cline - Softcover

Tucker, Cynthia Grant

9780963832788: Spirited Threads : A Fabric Artist's Passion for Life : The Art and Writings of Patricia Cline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963832786 ISBN 13: 9780963832788

Publisher: Sibyl Pubns, 1997

Remaining productive in spite of a disability or terminal illness is a challenge. In Spirited Threads, Patricia Roberts Cline speaks to us in her last years about how her passion for creating art sustained her through her struggles. Cline tells her story through journals, which were assembled and edited by her close friends and teacher, Cynthia Grant Tucker. Twenty-four quilt images appear in full color and include her studio writings as well as forty-six black and white sketches and photos of family and friends. Studio notes provide an inside qlimpse into the creative process and Ms. Clines philosophy.

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Winner of the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Award, this is a truly remarkable story of one womans struggle, movingly presented by Cynthia Grant Tucker. Through her introduction and interspersed commentary, Ms. Tucker provides context for Ms. Clines journal writings. And the intertwining of their lives conveys a unique tone rarely found in biographies.

Ive used the down-time during these recent years, with the more debilitating effects of lung disease, to create wall hangings. ... I have a hospital bed at home because I sleep sitting up. ... I dress as if I were going to a studio to work, but in truth, I will never leave my home to go anywhere again until I die. I can only try to survive the terrible bouts of infection, and of course, I will lose this fight one day. And yet Ive cherished every moment Ive had. -- Patricia Roberts Cline In Spirited Threads, a cross between edited journals and memoir, the reader will get to know Patricia Roberts Cline by hearing her speak for herself and for many with whom she identifies passionately: feminists straddling fifty and older who worry about their young sisters silences; female artists who seek to reform the art worlds steep, male-centered hierarchies; and the physically challenged and homebound whom the mainstream sees rarely and often forgets. As one of the marginalized herself, Pat hardly expected her words to be read by strangers when, early in 1990, she started committing her thoughts to the first in a series of notebooks. Not public acclaim, but rather her conscience and sense of self-worth are what led her to speak in her journals for those less able to speak for themselves. -- Cynthia Grant Tucker, from Part I

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