Jane Burch Cochran
Jane Burch Cochran is a fabric artist who is known for her work that combines traditional American quiltmaking with painting and fabric embellishments. She received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for quiltmaking in 1993. The Smithsonian and the National Quilt Museum display her quilts.[1] She is based in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.[2]
Cochran, who marched in a Freedom March with Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964, created "Crossing to Freedom," a 7 ft by 10 ft quilt for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center that depicts symbolic images from the anti-slavery era to the Civil Rights Movement.[3]
Her artistic process involves preparing lightweight canvases with gesso, deciding on the main colors for the piece, cutting from found or purchased fabric or clothing, then embellishing the canvas with the fabric and found beads.[4]
References
- ^ "Jane Burch Cochran". The Art of Quilting. Public Broadcasting Service. March 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ Pothour, Kori (2013). "Featured Artist: Jane Burch Cochran" (PDF). Studio Art Quilt Associates Journal: 4–9.
- ^ Bauer, Marilyn (August 1, 2004). "Crossing to Freedom' evolved". www.cincinnati.com. Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ Pothour, Kori (2013). "Featured Artist: Jane Burch Cochran" (PDF). Studio Art Quilting Associates Journal: 4–9.
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