Barbara Martinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel at the University of Minnesota. She is currently the Buckman Professor of Design Education and Director of Graduate Studies. Martinson is both a researcher and designer. Research areas include design history concentrating on 19th century illustration, design education, multicultural design, and design process. Both her graphic design and fiber work has been exhibited and published nationally, and has received national awards. She teaches courses in Design, Planning, and Analysis; Design History, Color and Design, and Human Factors for Graphic Designers.

Inappropriate Appropriation
$200

Commercial printed fabrics, fabric markers
Quilting, trapunto

Like most fiber artists I collect fabric in bits and pieces, from both local shops and when traveling. Such is the case with the two fabrics in Inappropriate Appropriation. Both pieces lived quietly in my pile of cloth, until one day I put them together and decided to make a piece about careless appropriation of cultural imagery.