Quilt-Making and the Status of Craft: Dinah Prentice’s quilts
In our first video for Midlands Art Papers, Ruth Warhurst draws on her own memories of her grandmother quilting, to reflect Dinah Prentice’s quilts in the University of Birmingham’s collections, revealing how traditional quilt-making, artistic innovation, and mythology converge in these works.
Ruth Warhurst
Collection: University of Birmingham
Keywords: Dinah Prentice, quilt, craft, textiles, university collections