Murphy Waggoner
The quilts are credited as Multiple Artists, Simpson College,
Indianola, Iowa
because they were not designed by me; I was just a facilitator and equal
participant
"Mathematics Without Words"
Quilt, machine pieced and quilted, 64" X 64", 2002.
multiple artists, sixteen 12in square quilt blocks in autumn
leaf colors
Quilt blocks from left to right and top to bottom by title and designers
"Pick's Formula" by Kevin Pearce and Kevin Pitzen
"The Sum of Odd Integers" by Erin Feldman, Jay Munsinger and Tracie
Risbeck
"Perfect Regions" by Sarah Berryman and Katie Skinner
"Multiplication Modeled as Area" by Mike Donnenwerth and Brett Sandy
"Map Coloring" by Gina Lorensen and Stacy Myers
"Pinwheel of Percentages" by Amy Munkel and Megan Wilson
"Fraction Walls" by Emily Hoyt
"Triangular Numbers" by Joe Behmer and Josh Merchant
"Breaking Up a Square" by Erin Feldman, Jay Munsinger and Tracie Risbeck
"Tangrams" by Julie Bauer and Ryan Gratz
"Flower Power" by Jessica Headlee and Sarah Sue Miller
"Mrs. Pascal" by Hayley Greiner and Sadie Hocket
"Sieve of Eratosthenes" by Amy Gulling and Mark Klaus
"Proving Pythagoras" by Murphy Waggoner
"Mr. Spiro Comes to 50125" by Amanda Gebhardt and Janet Molwinkle
"Anchors Away" by Nicole Benagas and Haley Wulff
"Primary Mathematics"
Quilt, machine pieced and quilted, 51" X 46", 2004.
Quilt blocks from left to right and top to bottom by title and designers
"Triangular Numbers" by Beau Barrett and Eric Plumb
"Fraction Fun with Cuisenaire Rods" by Kelsey McKimpson and Tessa
VanOosbree
"Eleven" by Jennifer Bryant and Ann Harrison
"Base 2" by Stephanie Siemers and Kristin Stiles
"P.R.I.A.Q." by Becca Hachinsky and Shauna Merchant
"Magic" by Derek Kennedy and Bridge Pope
"Tri Scoot" by Sara Goretska and Andrew Lansink
"Perimeter and Area" by Allison Chapin and Jaime Robinson
"Chaos" by Mary Brooks and Rachel Doty
"Nets Within Nets" by Emma Campbell and LeeAnn Clifton
"Five Quads" by Patty Combs and Sarah Flaws
"Tick Tock Around the Clock" by Kyle Coppola and Lacy Wright
"Three Color Map" by Brooke Dey and Jen Orchard
"Base 4" by Murphy Waggoner
"Building Numbers" by Monica Garner and Linda Pothast
"Base 8 Minus Base 4" by Murphy Waggoner
"Diamond" by Laura Fergedes and Megan Riggs
Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
"Through the medium of quilting, pre-service elementary education
students explore about the concepts necessary for teaching elementary
school mathematics. These quilts were designed and pieced by students
in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers at Simpson College. Each
quilt block was designed as either an illustration of a specific
mathematical concept or as an image that could be used in an exercise
over a specific concept, and was part of a larger project which included
exploration and writing. The quilts were true collaborative efforts of
the Simpson community and are on display in the Carver Science Hall on
the Simpson Campus."