MINI-QUILT WEB PROJECT
Context
Online resources have become a valuable asset for traditional
and more avant-garde quilters. A visit to sites such as Electric Quilt or CompuQuilt reveal the interplay between
stitching in code and cloth. With this assignment we will work with the idea
that both web quilts and cloth quilts are sites which "open out" into
connections-- with a click, or a touch, stories and associations are revealed.
Using the skills we've been developing in class (i.e., making tables,
incorporating images, scanning, using color and background), your assignment is
to make a mini-quilt online, accompanied by a written description and analysis.
Construct a quilt that reflects your personal values, interests, passions, or
pursuits. Try to select images and colors that have significance to your life
and/or goals. Ask yourself how the quilt resonates with your "memoration" work--
do you make photo albums? scrapbooks? write in a journal? How is webwork related
to the process of gathering material memories for preservation? What do we
choose to position as "worth" remembering, or "worth" celebrating about
ourselves?
Requirements
Your own mini quilt should feature at least six blocks
featuring at least one image in each square. Each image must correspond to a
page explaining the image's associations. You should have a total of at least
three "outside" links on the "hidden" pages that your images open up. The
written analysis should be approximately 600-700 words using descriptive or
figurative language to describe the block's significance and relevance. On the
day that they are due we'll have a Web Gallery in which we nibble cheese and
crackers and switch seats to look at one another's work. Don't forget to cite
your images correctly (NWE citation rules http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/web/authoring/citations/)
Example
The sample mini-quilt (click the block at the top of the page)
offers a starting point for thinking about your own quilting blocks; what
electronic "materials" will you "stitch" together? How do these materials relate
spatially to one another, the surrounding images, and the background color
choices? Each image should be linked to a page that explains its source, its
resonance, and its relevance to your life and experience. For example, clicking
on the Robinson Crusoe figure in the blue block on the left side of the
mini-quilt will link you to Meg's 1145 Writing about Adventure course. Ideally,
the web viewer would be first taken to a page explaining the importance of
Robinson Crusoe to Meg's work, recreational reading, and teaching. On
that page could also be a link to the course webpage, a link to other Robinson
sites like the official site for the movie Castaway, a contemporary
"Robinsonade."
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Lisa Hager