November 2 – December 26, 2015 • Library Gallery
We are pleased to display a series of books from the Textile Center Pat O’Connor Library collection designed by Minnesota-based artist and designer Patrick Redmond.
- Adrosko, Rita J. Plans for Making a 19th-Century American Loom. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1992.
- Cahlander, Adele. Bolivian Tubular Edging & Andean Crossed-Warp Techniques. Revised & expanded edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1994. [note: This is a redesign of a 1978 monograph.]
- Evans, Jane A. A Joy Forever: Latvian Weaving, Traditional and Modified Uses. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1992.
- Gibson-Roberts, Priscilla. Salish Indian Sweaters, A Pacific Northwest Tradition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1990.
- LeCount, Cynthia Gravelle. Andean Folk Knitting, Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1990.
- Meany, Janet and Pfaff, Paula. Rag Rug Handbook. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, first printing/edition 1988, second printing/edition, 1990, third printing/edition 1992.
- Norton, Carol. Tapestry Crochet. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1991.
- O’Connor, Paul R. Loom-Controlled Double Weave, From the Notebook of a Double Weaver. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1992.
- Waterman, Martha. Traditional Knitted & Lace Shawls. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1993.
- White, Pat and Vogel, Isa. Planned & Unplanned: Creative Handwoven Clothing. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications, 1992.
Patrick Redmond’s multifaceted career spans such creative roles as graphic designer, art director, artist, design educator, and author.
Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he had studied at the Eero Saarinen-designed Milwaukee Art Museum, Patrick moved to Minnesota to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
His Saint Paul, Minnesota-based brand identity and design firm, Patrick Redmond Design began in 1966. He cofounded pioneering computer graphics firm Comcept; was a senior layout artist and special projects designer at diversified retail corporation Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; graphic designerat the Goldstein Museum of Design; graphic designer for the U of M’s College of Human Ecology [formerly College of Home Economics; later College of Design], Department; Housing and Apparel’s graphic design studio; and art director at Wells Fargo.
Redmond has provided design for over 130 clients, logo and trademark design for over 35 clients, and design for over 50 published books including: The Making of a Surgeon; The Traditional Irish Wedding; Aging, Ageism, and Society; and the award-winning Andean Folk Knitting, Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia, and Rag Rug Handbook, among many others. He provided numerous illustrations for the design textbook Design, The Search for Unity.
An award-winning designer, his work and articles have been published in such publications as Graphic Design USA (USA), Graphis (Switzerland), Graphic Design+ (Japan), and Biennales of Graphic Design (Brno, Czech Republic), among many other publications, exhibitions, and competitions.
His books about his experience living and working in rural and greater Minnesota communities as a young artist-in-residence and as a graphic designer-in-residence, Self Portrait: Eagle Bend (1972) and I Thought A Loft Was For Hay (1973), were funded, in part, through the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Endowment for the Arts. This work received regional, national and international recognition.