A quilt by Ann Harwell.
Used with the permission of the artist.
Photo: Courtesy of Brian Blauser
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J.C. Raulston Arboretum at NC State
© Ann Harwell, Wendell, North Carolina
Cotton fabric with each piece cut from individually designed plastic templates that are positioned as appropriate to the pattern in the cloth; machine pieced and hand quilted; 57 by 57 inches.
"A rainy June walk in the arboretum: down green-walled paths, over stepping stones to a water garden, hopping among the fish, frogs, and toads...past sculptures that evoke a sensual, spiritual freedom to a huge wicker dome entwined by red flowering vines and lorded over by raucous birds. Under your feet is a tiled floor depicting trees with interlaced limbs."