At the conclusion of our Online 7923-04 Patchwork and Quilting Diploma Course, students who have satisfied all the syllabus requirements are awarded a certificate by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London. We would like to offer our congratulations too!

Anna Hergert

The three panels of Anna's quilt can be seen hanging from the roof timbers of a friend's workshop - the only place with a ceiling high enough to display them!
The opaque centre panel is two sided and is flanked front and back by two other sheer and semi sheer panels, all reflecting the features of her landscape inspiration.
These images show the thorough way in which the ideas, materials and techniques were sampled before the quilt could be created.
Anna's research theme has produced such a wealth of visual information it would be impossible to use it all in one single piece of work. The design pages could inform future work for some considerable time!
Design ideas were auditioned for colour and composition using paper collage.
More pages from Anna's design development of her research theme.
Pastel creates a completely different appearance to collage or paint.
Significant elements of the design source create a focus to the pages of the Research pages.
Some interesting lines have been traced from photographs of the landscape to form pages of potential designs for quiltmaking.
The 3D assessment item is a fun piece inspired by a pineapple. The container was constructed using English piecing methods.
Sketchbook pages show Anna's close observation of her design source.
Every aspect of the design source was scrutinised.
Anna's 3D assessment item - a container.
Some of the samples of fabric colouring techniques Anna produced for her portfolio.
More of Anna's early samples reflecting various aspects of her research theme interpreted using a wide range of techniques.
Experimental samples from Anna's portfolio.
A selection of textural samples.
Anna really enjoyed exploring mathematical sequences to produce this work.
Anna's Miniature Quilt Assessment piece is tiny for such a complex design.
Black and white can be so powerful, both in sketchbooks and on cloth.
.Some of Anna's early research looked at trees and vegetation in the landscape.
Shapes, colours and textures of the research theme were recorded from both the natural and man made elements of the landscape.
The image on the left shows sketchbook observations of simple wooden buildings.
More observations using a variety of media.
Anna's research topic had begun by observing minute detail of surfaces in the landscape. Interestingly, the focus changed later to concentrate on a broader view of the geological features.
Anna is now busy exhibiting her work. To see more, visit www.nucleus.com/~hergertfamily
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© Linda Kemshall 2005