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Artist's Statement:
"I have been quilting for about 17 or 18 years and am usually known for the
quite large quilts I make which have intense machine quilting. I have enjoyed
making the smaller pieces displayed here, learning new techniques from New
Zealand and overseas tutors.
I add my distinctive 'mark' with the quilting such as on the "TURKISH DELIGHT"
and "OUT OF THE SHADOWS" pieces.
The name 'Laurel Bank' was earlier used by previous generations who farmed our
property. It was named after a row of Laurel Trees which grew on a bank behind
the original house.
I can be contacted at (03) 526 7702 or
b.dyke@xtra.co.nz "
Beverly Dyke
LAUREL BANK QUILTS |
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"AND EVERY SPARKLE SHIVERING" -
Chamber Music New Zealand marked its half-century in 2000 by commissioning Lyell
Cresswell's "And Every Sparkle Shivering". Lyell is my cousin, and after hearing
the music I realised that I needed to interpret it in visible form.
This wallhanging is the result.
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"MADONNA AND CHILD" -
A Dylis Fronks pattern from Quilters Newsletter Magazine. |
"I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE HILLS" (Psalm
121.1) -
Made in class with Australian tutor Gloria Loughman.
View of Mount Arthur from our home in Central Road, Lower Moutere. |
From a photograph in a National Geographic
magazine.
Timeless winds compose crescendos of light and shadow at
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado.
Made in a class with New Zealand tutor, Norma Ewart. |
"DOORWAY" -
From a photograph taken by my daughter
when visiting Chios Island, Greece. |
"TURKISH DELIGHT" -
Made in class with New Zealand tutor Anna Williams. |
From a photograph in a National Geographic
magazine.
The singed scalp of Yellowstone sprouts Fireweed - an early phase in fire-cycle
succession. Since the 1988 blaze, burned vegetation has begun recycling back to
fir and lodgepole pine forests. |
"MRS DELANEY'S SILLHOUETTE DEPICTS KNOTTING
AND READING ALOUD" - Designs from Georgian & Regency era from "The Embroiderer's
Story" by Thomasina Beck. Machine quilted with 100wt silk thread, stitching over
design which was traced on to tissue paper then pinned to the fabric. Paper was
then removed with tweezers when quilting completed.
(this piece requires close examination
to appreciate the intricacy of the work) |
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"OUT OF THE SHADOWS" - Made in class with New Zealand tutor Anna
Williams. |