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
11 comments:
Karen, this is a lovely collection
a grand collection.
Are you gonna make a special sample-book?
Karne, this is a fabulous collection.
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collecting one's thoughts... collected poems. It's good to collect.
A lovely patchwork of fascinating fragments!
oooh ahhh !!!
same with your last post.... oooh ahhh!
i did look at some of your students art pieces, i was seriously impressed!
Just gorgeous! I'm drooling(again!)
Such a sweet collection! I love the little red rose on one of the treasure pieces!
Hugs,
Tatyana
Hmmmm - you have so many....surely you could spare a few to send off to a publisher for a book proposal?? I think I'm not the only one who would love to be able to fondle these!
Wow!!!! That's so impressive, your work flow is phenomenal.
What a treat, all those different stitches and textures, brilliant!
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