For centuries women have used cloth as a tool of comfort and as an expression of beauty within their homes. Creating cloth for warmth, cloth for shelter, our female predecessors embellished these linens with hand stitch using laborious and time consuming techniques thereby enhancing the functional beauty of objects which enveloped and protected their families. Inspired by these women I hope my creations pay tribute to and recognise the devotion expressed in cloth by our female ancestors .
''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007
7 comments:
Hi Karen! As always I'm so inspired by your work - it's so beautiful! I'm back home after being with my beautiful grandson - I highly recommend grandmotherhood by the way! He is so, so cute! Have a wonderful trip to Scotland -computer withdrawals are sometimes a good thing! Nan
well done! embroidery is so time consuming - one reason why non-embroiderers dont have a real appreciation of it, i think.I love what you have done here
your work is
b r e a t h t a k i n g
You could always post about the award I've just tagged you for! (sorry).
Hope you've had a lovely break. I really like these smaller scale pieces, you haven't skimped on the variety of texture, colour, shape at all have you? Brilliant!
I like your approach to embroidery so much. I spent lots of time this week visiting your blog and Flickr album. You gave me an idea of using pieces of the tons of old emboidered napkins I have in my work. I already tried felting some for a pincushion piece I'm making for me after the one I did for the swap. But your approach is really unique! all that white and using silk!
You do such beautiful work! I sympathize with how you feel, as I often feel the same way. Hope you had a lovely trip!
Love those fringe things that look like a row of long button loops. VERY pretty.. I have never seen that before. So original.
Hope you took some pictures in Scotland to share with us when you get back. :)
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