Patchwork: A World Tour Puzzles She was very likely the

She was very likely the first Native American woman to publish a comic strip

from the arrival of the first conquistadors and the founding of New Spain's capital to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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Diana Thompson is director of collections and curatorial affairs at the National Academy of Design

You'll turn to this beautiful and unique book time and again - to explore and to innovate

Patchwork: A World Tour Puzzles She was very likely theWhat do Korean bojagi wrapping cloths, Cameroonian Bamileke boubous, Peruvian montera hats, and Hungarian cifraszr shepherd cloaks have in common? Each is made using the ancient technique of patchworkthe art of juxtaposing fabrics and motifs to create blankets, clothes, accessories, and more. This volume follows Catherine Legrand as she sews together an ethnographic patchwork map. Legrand has spent many years traveling and researching textiles and has