Rainbow Baby Blanket

Designed by student Wes Hansen ’20 and Director of Weaving Erin Miller, this blanket was the first completed project under the student-led design directive in the summer 2019. The Rainbow Baby Blanket celebrates impartial love, the foundation on which Rev. John G. Fee created Berea College and demonstrates Berea’s commitment to the kinship of all people and gender equality beyond the binary. This design work challenged Student Craft to reconsider the decades-long tradition of prescriptive blue and pink baby blanket designs and reflects the deep and sophisticated thinking of Berea’s students.