Art
Hunting with Husband
- Item Number
- 24
- Estimated Value
- 300 USD
- Leading Bid
- 155 USD
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Embroidered cotton, African fabric, machine quilting
41" Wide x 37" High
Quilter | Sandy Snowden
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This block was embroidered by a survivor of gender-based violence in the African Country of Mali. It describes life in her village before she was attacked and expelled during conflict.
The block was turned into a quilt by Sandy Snowden in Berkshire, UK. Sandy’s quilt is the only entry from Europe, although Sandy herself grew up in the US before moving to England.
Sandy quilts for a purpose. Several of her quilts feature refugees and religious persecution. She was drawn to Sister Artists because it trains women to develop a skill and seeks to increase their independence.
In interpreting her Malian block, Sandy felt that the husband and wife were trying to keep birds from eating their precious seeds. She added the trees along with tufts of grass at the bottom, and used mulberry bark for the trunks to reflect “ethnicity.”
In another nod to authenticity Sandy used shwe shwe fabric from South Africa and printed stamped fabric from Tanzania for the bottom piece. The brown ground is also Tanzanian fabric from Sandy’s scrap stash. Sandy is not as mobile as she once was, but takes pleasure from being able reach people through quilting: “I can sit at home and make people aware of stuff.”
All proceeds from this auction will be invested in a quilting project for GBV survivors in Mali. To donate visit our home page - www.advocacynet.org.
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