{"id":263,"date":"2012-10-16T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2016-05-04T14:29:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:29:10","slug":"art-quilt-series-tree-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/gallery\/art-quilt-series-tree-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Quilt Series – Tree Studies – 2009-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2009, I started a series of art quilts celebrating the changing seasons of the West Coast of Canada, each featuring a single tree.\u00a0 To design the tree, I grafted together photos of several trees in my neighborhood \u2013 the trunk from one or two trees, branches from several others. The branches were arranged to form interesting positive and negative shapes – the tree and branches are the positive shapes and the background and sky behind the tree and between the branches are the negative shapes.\u00a0 My plan is to show the same tree in different seasons.<\/p>\n

To date, I\u2019ve made four quilts in this series \u2013 Frosty Winter Morning in 2009; Starry Winter Night in 2010, Spring Blossoms in 2011, and most recently Even Trees Get the Blues.\u00a0 I still feel the need to create an Autumn tree quilt, and probably a Summer one, too.\u00a0 So there will be more\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n

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“Frosty Winter Morning”<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 35\u2033 x 47\u2033\u00a0 (c) 2009<\/p>\n

A solitary tree with snow laden branches is silhouetted against a wintery morning sky. The colors of this quilt were inspired by the two fabrics at the bottom of the quilt featuring plants covered with frost. Many other pale and pastel shades of pink, lavender and gray evoke a cold and frosty feeling.<\/p>\n

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“Starry Winter Night”<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 35\u2033 x 47\u2033\u00a0 (c) 2010\u00a0 [Sold]<\/p>\n

This art quilt features a frosty white tree with snow burdened branches, silhouetted against a dark and cold starry winter sky and snowy landscape.<\/p>\n

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“Spring Blossoms”<\/strong>\u00a0 46″ x 47″\u00a0 (c) 2011<\/p>\n

Every year, I eagerly await the first blossoming cherry trees, which symbolize the arrival of Spring. After a long, dark winter, I marvel at the clouds of delicate pink and white blossoms that adorn the trees. I love walking through the trees as the petals float and drift in the breeze like pink confetti, then gently carpet the grass below.<\/p>\n

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“Even Trees Get the Blues”<\/strong> –\u00a048″ x 48″\u00a0 (c) 2013<\/p>\n

While I was searching for fabric to use for the foliage for my newest tree quilt, I found some lovely blue floral fabric. My first thought was \u2018that fabric would be perfect<\/em> for my new tree quilt, except it\u2019s blue<\/em>\u2019. My second thought was \u2018maybe I should make a blue tree<\/em> with that fabric\u2019.\u00a0 It evolved into this piece of a blue-leaved tree with a chartreuse trunk against a lemon yellow sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2009, I started a series of art quilts celebrating the changing seasons of the West Coast of Canada, each featuring a single tree.\u00a0 To design the tree, I grafted together photos of several trees in my neighborhood \u2013 the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2SZWx-4f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3303,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/gallery\/tree-series-2015-present\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":0},"title":"Tree Series – 2015-present","author":"TerryAske","date":"May 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 At the beginning of 2015, I decided to start a new series of tree quilts.\u00a0 The new series will be more abstract than my previous series.\u00a0 Each quilt will be 36 inches long and widths will vary from 14 to 18 inches.\u00a0 They will all feature a tree\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TerryAske_ExuberantTrees.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/gallery\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":1},"title":"Gallery","author":"TerryAske","date":"September 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Modern, Abstract Quilts Pictorial \/ Representational Quilts Portrait Quilts - People and Pets Rainy Day People - the story so far Abstract Tree Series Art Quilt Series - Tree Studies Commissioned Art Quilts Many of my quilts are currently for sale in my Etsy shop.\u00a0 You can also see quilts\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/tips-tutorials-and-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":2},"title":"Tips, Tutorials and More","author":"TerryAske","date":"October 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some tips and techniques I've created, discovered and\/or refined during the years I've been quilting.\u00a0 Of course, there is no 'one right way' to do anything.\u00a0 These techniques work for me, and I hope you can find some that will work for you, too. 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