Jean Robertson interview with Nancy Crow

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Jean Robertson interview with Nancy Crow

1988 Aug. 17

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An interview of Nancy Crow conducted by Jean Robertson, Aug.17, 1988, as a part of Robertson's research for the book, ancy Crow: Quilts and Influences" by Nancy Crow and Jean Robertson, Collector Books, Dec. 1989. Crow speaks about her childhood and early artistic aspirations; her dissatisfaction with her first quilts in the early 1970s; traditional quiltmaking; her work in tapestry weaving; meeting Francoise Barnes and Virginia Randles and learning to quilt; the difference between the weaving and quilting process; working in series; her interest in Mexican folk art and African American quilts; living on an isolated farm and drawing inspiration from nature; her use of titles, colors, patterns, scale, and fabrics; the importance of her training in ceramics; and she compares her work to quilts by Michael James.

14 p.

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Robertson, Jeanie

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The Scottish traditional folk singer Jeanie Robertson was born in 1908. She was from a travelling family from the North East of Scotland. Robertson sang in the old style having learned most of her songs through the oral tradition of her family. Her singing was featured on the 1959 LP Jeanie Robertson, The Great Traditional Ballad Singer. Her mother was Marie Stewart from Ballater a small town on rural Deeside, Aberdeenshire, and with the Robertsons on her fathers side she was part of two old tra...

Crow, Nancy, 1943-

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Nancy Crow, 1943-, fiber artist and quiltmaker of Baltimore, Ohio. From the description of Oral history interview with Nancy Crow, 2002 Dec 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220218947 Nancy Crow (1943- ) is a fiber artist and quiltmaker in Baltimore, Ohio. From the description of Oral history interview with Nancy Crow, 2002 Dec 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710019634 ...