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
''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007
Monday, September 13, 2010
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Another stunner in progress! Can't wait to see the finished piece.
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Ps. Please don't think that I don't like you, it's Facebook that I don't like and try to avoid it like the plague.
x
I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops..
So far I have managed to avoid being on facebook. I have enough trouble keeping up with my online life as it is!
love when you do the embroidered lettering on your pieces. haven't seen that in a while.
I'll look for you on facebook. :-)
I'm so sorry to hear about your accident with the lamp...what a frightening way to wake up.
Loving seeing all the work in white.
I did click on "Like You" on Facebook but I don't know if it went through. Anyway, I do like the white and I'm glad you have no lasting trauma from waking up and finding yourself covered in glass. Scary!
BTW, you don't have a ghost in the house - do you?
I like white on white , If you look at my blog you will have seen pics ,. I like to embroider white on pillow cases
I cannot do facebook , no spare time--cottonreel
I like you Karen, but I'm afraid it won't show on Facebook - I'm just not a fan. I spend too much time on the internet and just know I'd be totally consumed if I were to get involved in facebook too. I tried FB for a little while and then discovered that I could find out altogether too much information about my kids & what they were doing. Sometimes it's best to just NOT know!!
If I was on Facebook, then I would definitely click on the I like you button.
Two of my favourites have returned, the hexagons and the writing!
Hexagons + white = Karen
Glad you are accident-free for a few days at least. I'm not on facebook, I am already more than busy enough to keep my life and blog on their journey.
Have a lovely evening.
Hi Karen,thank you that yuo like my give away because it's nothong compared to this wonderful things I see here !
I'm curious how it ends.
Ingrid
I think I already did 'like you'. Did you like me? Tut tut.
So far - LOVE :).
These are especially beautiful :) and I already liked you on Facebook too!
Already like you :-)
333 is pretty good, compared with my smaller but nevertheless lovely company of 69. The text is beatifully worked - do you mark your fabric first?
just found your blog..love it and am now a follower od yours on face bookxxlynda
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As usual, love the new pieces - the mixture of paper and fabric is intriguing to me. As for your comment that something seemed "contrived" - - I've found it's always best to always go with my initial gut. You have such a fine artist's eye, that if something seems contrived to you, it probably is.
Also, I would do the facebook thing for you but I decided not to do either facebook or twitter or whatever next comes along. Time to be creative is just so limited and precious that I've drawn my personal line.
I do think of you as a friend even though we've never met, I love your work and feel so honored and priveleged to own a few small pieces.
Trust in yourself!
leilani
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