The Twa Sisters Quilt

Nearly finished facade

This is nearly complete. There are still the animal characters to add and possibly a few other details.

The basting still needed to be removed in when this was taken. The animals also needed to be added.

Making progress on the applique/embroidery

MFT DT Thesis Symposium

SATURDAY 5/2/2009
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10:00-11:00 Regine Debatty
Opening remarks. Themes of New Media Art in the global world.
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

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11:00-6:00 Installation viewings
LOCATION: 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor

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11:00-12:30 Talk #1 –
“Data Does It: Turning Information into Knowledge and Inspiration”
Jia Zhang, Mike Thibodeau, Lynn Maharas, Sayoko Yoshida, Katie Levitt, Mike Lee
MODERATOR: Mike Edwards
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

12:30-2:00 Talk #2 –
“Educate, Nurture, Provoke: Empowering through Design”
Catherine Lewis, Jenny Dopazo, Sandhya Moraes, Tarynne Goldenberg
MODERATOR: Tracy Gromek
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

2:00-3:30 Talk #3 –
“Emotive Narrative: Internal Representations”
Hsiang Ju Huang, Matt Bethancourt, Jason Tseng, Carrie Mae Kreyche, Pasquale Chieffalo
MODERATOR: Yury Gitman
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

3:30-5:00 Talk #4 –
“Code, Create, Communicate: Bringing out a Community”
Kane Albarron, Doris Yee, Meha Pande, Katrina Bekessy, Liz Filardi
MODERATOR: Andy Bichelbaum
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

5:00-6:30 Talk #5 –
“Take It With You: The Mobile Movement”
Dan Provost, Drew Cogbill, Donny Chou, Rabia Malik, Yumi Endo
MODERATOR: David Carroll
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

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6:30-8:00 Narrative Screening #1
8:00-8:45 Moderated discussion with Joan Raspo and filmmakers
8:45-10:15 Narrative Screening #2
LOCATION: Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue

SUNDAY 5/3/2009
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10:00-11:00 Zach Lieberman and Ken Tanabe.
Transition and process. Narrative vs. Interactive, a comparative talk
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street

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11:00-6:00 Installation viewings
LOCATION: 65 Fifth Avenue

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2:00-5:00 Hands-on demos.
A chance to talk with the designers and use their products.
LOCATION: Theresa Lang, 55 W. 13th Street
I will be here with my quilt from 2:00-3:00. Afterward, I’ll be presenting in Swayduck Auditorium (see below)

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11:00-12:30 Talk #6 –
“The Magic Circle: How Games Penetrate Context”
Rishi Sharma, Joe Mauriello, LeAnne Wagner, Suba Udayasankar, Shipra Gupta, Philip Ejike
MODERATOR: Katie Salen
LOCATION: Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue

12:30-2:00 Talk #7 –
“Virtual Collections: The Power and the Persuasion”
Eduardo Menendez, Akiko Rokube, Carol Chiu, Vanessa Panzarino, Najlah Feanny Hicks
MODERATOR: Ben Bacon
LOCATION: Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue

2:00-3:30 Talk #8 –
“Capture the Moment: Diaries from different lenses”
Claudio Midolo, Maral Minassian, Tu Wataru
MODERATOR: Ethan Silverman
LOCATION: Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue

3:30-5:00 Talk #9 –
“Looking Forward/Looking Back: Revivals and Visionaries”
Dan Willig, Noam Berg, Chih-Ying Yang, Erik Burke, Alpay Gumrucku
MODERATOR: Andrea Dezsö
LOCATION: Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue

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5:00-6:30 Closing remarks –
Anezka Sebek and Sven Travis discuss how the DT process is relative in today’s economy.
LOCATION: Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue

Embroidery and Applique Skills

Early piecing.

River Mouth and Sea

Row 1!

Only 8 to go.

New Title

Testing print, fabric, PWM combo

This video shows the steps in building a sample of one of the reactive squares. These squares will be assembled into a completed story quilt.

Screen printing

The 16 completed prints

A screen that has been prepped to print.

A photo of my printing work station