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







Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Unfinished. Hand embroidery. A short video.

 

 
The front.
 
 
The reverse of each piece.

 This collection was created over 2024/25.
 
I guess I could call it finished but not quite.
 
These pieces need to be joined to create a flip up cloth book, a book of samples, a teaching resource.
 
Its worth is incancuable.
 
It is irreplaceable and a joy to possess. 
 

 

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