QUILT SHANTY

Quilt Shanty reimagines a hoop house as a winter gathering space on a frozen lake. Wrapped in a quilted covering, the structure takes a literal approach to the idea of a barn quilt: a tactile textile stretched over an agricultural form. As a whole, the shanty celebrates rural craft traditions such as quilting, embroidery, woodcarving, and wood burning, while highlighting the seasonal cycles of rest and care when the land is quiet. Through hands-on play, visitors are invited to explore quilting as the puzzle it is, working with quilt-square pieces to create their own designs.