#235: Make Quilts Political Again Kat Camfield with Lorraine Woodruff-Long
About this episode
Lorraine Woodruff-Long discusses her journey as a quilt artist focusing on political and social issues with host Kat Camfield.
Textiles have a long history of being used for political discourse and protest. Lorraine Woodruff-Long is a self-taught and now award-winning quilt artist who is continuing that tradition today by creating exciting and powerful work on political and social issues that are important to her. Legendary guest-host Kat Camfield talks to Lorraine about her journey from marketing professional to artist and teacher, her inspiration, her use of reclaimed materials, the Forbidden Words project, and her tips for those wanting to dip their toe into protest quilt making. Support the podcast over on Patreon! Lorraine can be found through her website, ‘Quilting in the Fog’, and via Instagram @quiltinginthefog: Lorraine’s first quilt, ‘American Patriot: Words Matter’ (2017), was shown at the de Young Gallery in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco: Check out Lorraine’s Mosaic quilts. Kat and Lorraine mentioned both the Haptic & Hue podcast and the Gees Bend Quilters. Listen to an episode about the Gees Bend Quilters on the Haptic & Hue podcast! Lorraine’s incredible ‘Quilt Melt’ was made in 2017: ‘You’re getting warmer: Rising Global Temperatures 1850 - 2022’ quilt (2023): ‘The…
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