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PENINSULA PROFILE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS ✧ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2013
Mark Glover by Man stitches works of art from scraps of cloth BY DIANE URBANI
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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
DIANE URBANI
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Mark Glover creates quilts without rules, such as this one titled “Too Many Notes.”
SEQUIM — Ah, you’re the one. That’s the reaction, at times, to quiltmaker Mark Glover. There are other male quilters out there, sure. But it’s safe to say Glover’s gender is outnumbered around here, where the Sunbonnet Sue and Cabin Fever quilt clubs are mostly composed of women. Something else he’s heard from those who behold one of his unconventional works: “Hmm. I wouldn’t have done that.” Glover isn’t bothered. He exhibits his big quilts at the local library, the county fair and at major shows and competitions around the country. He believes, mind you, that there is something readily identifiable as a “guy quilt.” An example hangs now at the Port Angeles Library. “Rhapsody in Black,” one of his latest efforts, is classic Glover: dark colors, unexpected combinations, tiny pictures. Black has been considered a “lifeless color,” Glover writes. “I never signed up to that school of thought, and made this quilt to show just
how fun the color can be.” The man follows his muse, creating quilts that are more flights of fancy than bed covering. Glover learned the basics of quilting from his mother, Martha Scott, a member of the Sequim-based Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club. “My mom has helped me immeasurably,” he writes in his artist’s statement posted at the library.
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lover embarked on this stitching adventure eight years ago when he moved to Sequim from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was a technical illustrator. He worked for Silicon Valley companies such as Sun Microsystems and Xerox, on “those manuals no one looks at.” Born in Hayward, Glover moved around as a kid, among Bay Area cities including Newark, Fremont and Milpitas. He studied art at San Jose State University, and traveled to Antibes in the south of France to immerse himself further. TURN
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