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
So these are my ''works in progress'', very much ongoing yet nearly there. I am about to disappear into the black hole which is the day job for three days where nothing much creative happens at all and frustration is huge. I reckon I need a good 2 days to pull these things together and finish them. Hopefully that will be the end of this week, in the meantime I am enjoying the splashes of colour in my little white world.
19 comments:
Hello,
You are not the onlyone who is afraid of colour ! But it will turn out verry nice !
greetings
Miss Baptista
So pink it is, and it looks very promising.
Best get the pink hearts in the shops in good time for valentines day! What a brilliant gift that would make. I am loving the colour, t looks like you are too, just a little? xx
I'm not a pink person, but it looks perfect on this. Can't wait to see the edging you've chosen, I love your edges
Well I like pink. When I embroider with pink I always get a happy feeling over me. It is such a loving color to look at.
Good luck tomorrow.
I AM a pink person and I love it. Now, I dare you to add some clashing fuchsia and orange to it!
I just don't know how you manage to do so much stitching. I bet your house is tidy too! x
my goodness, for some reason I think of you posting once a week. But I come here today and there are so many wonderful posts to see!
I love all the details and it is fun to see color in your work, compared to the whites. A different and charming feel, like spring is sliding into winter.
I love the pink :)
ooooh - very daring - like the idea of clashing fuschia and orange as vintage rock chick suggests!!
Been to a lovely 'embroidery' exhibition down in london on Friday that I did a post on - really interesting and discovered a couple more embroidery artists . . . so busy eh? But it looks like you have been very busy too.
Amelia.x
I'm enjoying your splashes of colour too... but then again I enjoy all of your exquisite stitching!
Aaggghhhhh...I'm back to work next week too. Yuck! Ah well, shouldnt complain too much, I do like the money and the goodies I can buy.
Jacky xox
It seems you can divide the world into 'pink people' and 'notpink people' - I'm afraid I'm one of the latter - but your stitchwork is very impressively perfect! Do you use cotton perle threads for the eyelets?
Your new piece is "pretty in pink".
Exquisite. I am learning how to not be afraid of frayed edges...I am not afraid of color and your bravery regarding color has proven fabulous!
Love, it! Just looking at your post below and I always throught you did your text in cross stitch, but it looks like you do it in French knots. Either way, I think we can conclude that my eyes are not what they were! So which is it? Do tell! Soon be Thursday!
Janice.
Thanks for the answer!
I'm just in love with your work.....you should sell some of your ideas...i'd be firt on line...
Again...your work is only more gorgeous because your photography is stunning. I'm not much of a pink person...but I too love the splashes you've sprinkled.
I love the pink!!!
I enjoy catching up with all of your posts as well. I always leave so refreshed and inspired.
:-)
pink is my favourite!!! precious thoughts
Your work is fantastic! Love the pink one!!!
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