{"id":2785,"date":"2015-01-19T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T21:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2020-06-02T17:25:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T00:25:43","slug":"road-2015-faculty-meet-jenny-bowker-international-quilter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/19\/road-2015-faculty-meet-jenny-bowker-international-quilter\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2015 Faculty: Meet Jenny Bowker, International Quilter"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, Jenny will be teaching along with the Tentmakers of Cairo demonstrators<\/a>, Tarek Abdelhay and Hosam Hanafy, \u00a03017C Tentmaker Work<\/strong>. Jenny will also be teaching on her own \u00a0two day classes on Thursday and Friday, \u00a04501C Shimmering Triangles<\/strong> and on Saturday and Sunday, 6701C Images in Appliqu\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jenny<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Australia native, Jenny Bowker\u2019s quilt journey began thanks to her husband\u2019s assignment as a diplomat\u00a0for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade\u00a0<\/span>to the Middle East. When her husband first moved to Gaza, Jenny had some time on her hands. She and her children couldn\u2019t join him for about six months as it took that long for them to get into high school there. Her part time job had just run out of funding. And while she had recently finished her full time degree in Visual Arts, she was all \u201cpainted out.\u201d How did she fill her free time? Jenny bought some fabric and equipment and decided to make a quilt \u201cjust for fun.\u201d Today, much of Jenny\u2019s quilt inspiration comes from living\u00a0fifteen years in Arab and Islamic countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenny likes to read and travel and has become an internationally known quilt teacher. She has taught in the USA, Brazil, South Africa, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Thailand, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Dubai, Turkey, Kuwait, Egypt, Libya, Syria, New Zealand and of course, her home country of Australia. She had an exhibition in Malta and taught at the University there this past December. Her biggest trip was when she went to America, worked in California for two weeks, arrived home in Canberra, Australia for three hours and then had to board a plane again for London.<\/p>\n

\"Mohamed<\/a>

Mohamed Sa’ad in Cairo
Quilt by Jenny Bowker. Photo by Daniel Heather.<\/p><\/div>\n

Her favorite class that she has taught was one she gave in Ramallah. It was four intensive weeks teaching three classes each day, six days a week, and all the women she taught ended as patchwork teachers.<\/p>\n

Ramallah was also the place for one of her funniest teaching moments. She had a standing arrangement for a cab to collect her for class every morning. One morning it was sleeting \u2013 the wind was blowing a mix of snow and ice sideways. If she had waited outside the wall, she was in the snow. If she waited inside the walled area, the taxi would not have been able to see her. So she decided to wait outside. When she finally made it to the class, the organizer explained her situation and scolded her in front of everyone: \u201cYou must ask the girls to bring you a chair, and wait inside. Then, with the driver comes, he will make horny noises to you.\u201d Jenny choked on her mouthful of coffee \u2013 and worse \u2013 she couldn\u2019t even explain why she found this so funny as the organizer was a very proper, elderly Palestinian lady.<\/p>\n

What does Jenny like best about teaching? \u201cThe lift of joy in the room as students start to get excited about what they are seeing coming together in front of them.\u201d She hopes her students at Road come out of her classes stimulated, excited and invigorated; looking at the whole world differently as they realize that their quilting horizons have just opened right up.<\/p>\n

Jenny\u2019s favorite quilting tip is to remember that all the processes of quilting are easy if you consider them as one tiny step at a time. She added, \u201cI give a LOT of tips in my classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Jenny, go to her website,\u00a0jennybowker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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