Anne Boquist

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was working at Sooke Harbour House in the early 1980s, when she began weaving highly original baskets of unusual materials. One of her best customers in those early years was Frederique Philip, who used them as breadbaskets in the dining room. When guests asked if they could buy the baskets right off the tables, Frederique allowed them, and suggested that Anne and her mentor, Kathy Johannesson, sell their wares in the Inn’s Gift Shop. The two artists then entered the first Sooke Fine Arts Show and jointly won the Juror’s Choice Award. Anne’s work is now found in private collections in Canada, the United States and Europe, including the Bronfmann Foundation Collection.