Civil Rights history as fabric? Vote in a contest for historical toiles de Jouy
The toile de Jouy style arose from fabrics produced by an 18th-century textile maker in Jouy-en-Joses, France. Toiles employed a relatively complex series of images to depict stories and scenes of pastoral life. But a tradition has also arisen in which the images in toiles are used to celebrate events, lives and ideas in history.
In the spirit of the US holiday this week celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., for this contest we asked designers to tackle the exceptionally difficult task of creating a historical toile celebrating the struggle for Civil Rights and equality in our country or their own. This one offers a small field of entries compared to our typical contests, but one that rewards close examination. Thanks to all who rose to the challenge!
The competing designs and designers this week are:
- bpp_toile_blue by janineluthe
- Civil Rights Leaders by asilo
- Civil Rights Toile by jennartdesigns
- Cup of Freedom by kdl
- Free At Last by sarahwalden
- Freedom's Crossing: Underground Railroad by andreagaley
- Have a Dream by jadegordon
- Huckleberry Finn by paragon_studios_one
- Maria Clara Toile by michiela
- Robin Hood ~ Toile de Jouy by scrummy
- Rosa Rides the Bus by winter
- Salem Witch Trials Toile by decobot
- Slavery Toile-Blue and Gold by kkitwana
- Suffragettes: Giving women a voice by vo
- Suffragette_City by ravynka
- Teach Your Children Well: A Toile for Tots by sammyk
- Thank You, Amelia Bloomer! by lulakiti
- The 2nd Anglo-Boer War by theboerwar
- Trail of Tears Large (zoom for details) by victorialasher
- Votes for Women by sparegus
- Votes for Women Toile by babysisterrae
- Votes for Women Toile by tracydmc70
- We The People by poetryqn
