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21	Women's Perceptions of Flourishing Through Quilting as a Leisure Activity Ferrarese, Cathy Lynn 01 January 2018 (has links) Quilting is a self-chosen leisure activity for millions of women in the United States. Previous research on quilting suggested that quilting is influenced by the emotional state of the quilter. However, the emotional experiences generated during quilting have not been fully explored. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to explore quilters' perceptions of what quilting as a leisure activity does to enhance their well-being and increase flourishing. Positive psychology well-being theory was the theoretical foundation for the study. Semistructured interviews with 12 adult women who quilt as a leisure activity were the basis of the narrative inquiry. Data were recorded through in-person and telephone interviews that were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis to develop overarching themes. Findings revealed that quilting contributed to participants' well-being and built flourishing through three primary avenues: creativity, relationships, and positive emotion. Quilting provided an opportunity for creative expression and growth as artists. Quilt-making activity was centered around relationships with other quilters and with the larger community, and quilting was linked with positive emotion as participants experienced great joy in their quilting activities. This study has implications for increasing well-being and building flourishing in women through the adoption of quilting as a leisure activity. Creativity Flourishing Leisure Positive Psychology Quilting Wellbeing Art and Materials Conservation Quantitative Psychology Women's Studies
22	Between Friends. Howser, Greg Warren 07 May 2011 (has links) (PDF) This paper correlates with a Master of Fine Arts graduate thesis exhibition held at Slocumb Galleries in Ball Hall at East Tennessee State University March 21 through 25, 2011. The exhibition contains a mixed media body of work including prints, metal point drawings, and quilts. These works are an exploration showing the artist's voyeuristic studies through line, texture, form, pigment, and wax. This thesis goes into detail about how the artist came to create this group of art by discussing tools, printmaking processes, encaustic, metal point, and his influences. and Relationships Figurative Metal Point Drawings Quilting Soft Ground Printmaking Arts and Humanities Fine Arts
23	Möbeltextil med högluftpermeabilitet : en studie i hur hög luftpermeabilitet kan kombineras med högformstabilitet och nötningshärdighet för textilier Fägerhag, Johanna, Magnusson, Lisa January 2018 (has links) Luftföroreningar har en negativ inverkan på både miljön och människors hälsa. Pure Air Zone är en tystgående och energisnål luftrenare som är integrerad i en sänggavel vilket skapar en ren luftzon i huvudhöjd hos användaren. I dagsläget är denna sänggavel klädd i ett meshmaterial vilken inte lämpar sig för sovrumsmiljö på grund av dess utseende. Fokus har därför legat på att ta fram en alternativ textil som kan ersätta den nuvarande, utan att funktionen försämras. De viktigaste egenskaperna som textilien behöver uppfylla är hög luftpermeabilitet, hög formstabilitet och hög nötningshärdighet. Tester utfördes med hjälp av en Martindalemaskin, en dragprovare och en permeabilitetsmätare för att mäta dessa egenskaper. Sju stycken vävda tyger från Ludvig Svensson undersöktes för de nämnda egenskaperna och jämfördes mot det nuvarande materialet. Många av de valda tygerna var glest eller tunt vävda vilka stabiliserades genom att de kviltades samman med en filtervadd. Efter genomförda tester viktades de olika egenskaperna för att ge ett sammanställt resultat för samtliga vävar. I sammanställningen visade det sig att det nuvarande materialet fick sämst resultat. För luftpermeabiliteten, den högst prioriterade egenskapen, fick alla utom en väv bättre resultat än referensmaterialet. Den väv som fick bäst resultat efter sammanställningen var en tunn väv i tuskaftbindning som i denna rapport kallas för Day. / Air pollution has a negative impact on both the environment and the human health. Pure Air Zone is a silent and energy efficient air purifier which has been integrated in a bed frame. This creates a clean airspace where the user will place its head while sleeping. Currently a mesh material is being used to cover the bed frame but this is not well suited for a bedroom environment when looking at the appearance of the textile. The main focus has therefore been to develop an alternative textile that can replace the current mesh without impairing the function. The most important characteristics the textile has to possess are high air permeability, high dimension stability and high abrasion resistance. Tests were carried out by using a Martindale machine, a tensile tester and a permeability tester to measure these characteristics. Seven woven fabrics from Ludvig Svensson were examined for said characteristics and compared to the mesh which acted as a reference material. Majority of the chosen weaves were thinly or sparsely woven and had to be stabilized by quilting them together with filter wadding. After completed tests the characteristics were weighed against each other to present a combined result for all the weaves. In the combined results it was clear that the current mesh material being used for the bed frame got the overall lowest result. For air permeability, the highest weighed characteristic, all but one weave got a better result than the reference material. The weave that got the best combined result was a thin plain weave that will be referred to as Day in this report. air permeability abrasion resistance dimension stability air pollution quilting luftpermeabilitet luftgenomsläpplighet nötningshärdighet formstabilitet luftföroreningar kviltning Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier
24	Teaching the Arts through the Appalachian Culture: a Proposal for a High-School Class. Pitts, Valerie Renee 01 May 2001 (has links) (PDF) Because of a demonstrable need, there should be a course for the study of Appalachian art in the high school curriculum. This study is a proposal for the study of traditional Appalachian art and its importance to the promotion and preservation of the arts and crafts in the Appalachian region. This course consists of background information on selected traditional Appalachian art, contact and interaction with local artists and craftspeople, and student hands-on experience in the art forms considered. Detailed unit and lesson plans are included in the following areas: Spinning and Weaving, Dyeing, Basketry, Quilting, Pottery, Woodcarving, Blacksmithing, Vernacular Architecture, and Handmade Instruments of Country Music. This course has been taught by the writer at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee, and was enthusiastically received by both students and members of the community. woodcarving handmade instruments of country music pottery quilting basketry dyeing weaving vernacular architecture spinning blacksmithing Art and Design Arts and Humanities
25	Att brodera är ett verb : Betraktelser ur ett nålsöga / To embroider is a verb : Reflections from a needles eye Skafvenstedt, Ellen January 2016 (has links) Under projektet ”Att brodera är ett verb –Betraktelser ur ett nålsöga” har jag använt applikationsbroderi som teknik för att transformera och bearbeta material från min omgivning. Jag har sorterat alla material efter färgcirkeln och skapat rutor som jag satt ihop till ett abstraherat lapptäcke. Arbetet har syftat till att undersöka processbaserat görande och jag har därför tagit hjälp av verben i konstnären Richard Serras ”Verb list”. Jag har satt upp fyra regler för mig själv att förhålla mig till under arbetets gång. Med reglerna har jag velat eliminera alla val och processer som inte handlar om själva görandet i sig. Lapptäcket har tagit sin slutliga form utifrån det ramverk som reglerna utgjort. Under min opponering diskuterade jag och opponenten Karin Lundgren-Tallinger främst hur jag har förhållit mig till mina regler under arbetets gång och hur de hade kunnat vara tydligare. Till Konstfacks Vårutställning hängde jag upp lapptäcket på en ställning av skrot i ett hörn och spred ut vissa rutor och andra obearbetade material så som skräp och garner i flera delar av rummet. Installationen av verket gjorde jag för att skapa en känsla av att arbetet med rutorna när som helst skulle kunna återupptas och görandet forsätta. Textile textile art trash trash art embroidery to embroider appliqué patchwork quilting re-make re-use ready-made installation sculpture verb process acting Textil textilkonst skräp skräpkonst återbruk återanvända broderi applikationsbroderi applikation lapptäcke lappteknik att göra görande process verb material bearbetning transformation installation rumslig gestaltning skulptur färgkoordinerat konst

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