Solitude: Terry Aske, Anne deVerteuil

Original  photo ... Terry's Representational work ... Anne's abstract piece.

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Terry Aske

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Statement:

Solitude

Representational

Terry Aske

A solitary bench overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait and the hills of the Olympic Peninsula provides a peaceful and perfect place to enjoy moments of solitude.

Techniques: Fused raw-edge appliqué, fused turned-edge appliqué, and free-motion machine quilting.  The binding is turned entirely to the back, as a facing.

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Anne deVerteuil

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Solitude

Abstract

Anne de Verteuil

Based on a photo my sister took a few years ago at the Point-No-Point Resort on Vancouver Island. It was a challenge to take this photo and make it abstract and yet recognizable. Using my own hand dyed fabrics is important to me. I am more of a mixed media artist than a quilter so I had to add a non-traditional element with the "aged" paper I found a few months ago on a walk. I fused it to chiffon as a backing with tulle overtop and then stitched it to the background fabric.

Techniques: hand dyed fabric, aged paper fused to chiffon and net, fused raw edge appliqué, free motion quitting. The binding is turned entirely to the back as a facing.

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Process:

Terry Aske and Anne de Verteuil  are sisters.  We’ve admired each other’s work for years, and were thrilled to have this opportunity to work as partners.   Terry made the representative art quilt, and Anne created the abstract piece. 

Our starting image was a photo Terry took several years ago at the Point-No-Point Resort on Vancouver Island, of a solitary red bench overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait and the hills of the Olympic Peninsula.  To Terry, the photo represents a peaceful and perfect place to enjoy moments of solitude.  Anne was struck by the contrast of the curves and the horizontal line of the red bench – “like a little horizontal surprise in a vertical image”.

During the design process, we traded some of our fabrics to ensure we had similar color choices.  We shared our progress by emailing photos to each other.  When both pieces were finished, we met to view and admire each other’s work .

Process photos:

  Terry’s initial fabric selection

Terry's bench in construction

  Anne’s fabrics prepared for vat dying

Anne’s initial fabric selection