Kent’s PhD Quilt is the first of its kind. Each quilt block was created by a different PhD student, representing the core concept of their PhD. Quilting was done in collaboration with the Canterbury Quilters Society.
All are cordially invited to its grand unveiling, before it sets off across the country as a unique form of public engagement. There will be opportunity to meet the talented students researching topics from Moby Dick to the ivory trade, and the talented quilters who added their own artistic interpretation to the quilt including DICE students Gwili Gibbon, Steven Allain, Ruth Thompson and Laura Thomas-Walters, who commissioned the project.
As Laura explains, “I wanted to provide an opportunity for Kent PhD students to explore alternative ways of communicating their research, while enhancing their own well-being through mindful creativity. I’ve been quilting for a few years and create textile portraits of endangered species to help raise awareness and funds for them. Quilting is both a really fun pastime and a fun way of engaging people in my work. I thought a visual and tactile representation of the breadth of research undertaken at Kent would be a unique form of public engagement. Kent’s PhD Quilt is the first of its kind. Each quilt block was created by a different PhD student, representing the core concept of their PhD.”
The event will take place on Tuesday 30th April between 18:00 and 20:00 in the Colyer Fergusson Foyer. Wine and nibbles will be provided. Let us know you are coming by signing up or email graduateschool@kent.ac.uk.