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







Showing posts with label cotton scrim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cotton scrim. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

scrim......

Scrim

Scrim noun 1. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns,






Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/Holiday! We have 
had a wonderful few days, just lovely.
Since the festivities have ended I have been playing with scrim. I used scrim
 a lot during my ''studying'' years and had forgotten how versatile it could be and also 
how similar it is in structure to lace. Coarser perhaps but after a little manipulation it
 becomes a very unique lace like structure. It is almost frothy, like the topping on a very 
               expensive cup of coffee! This sampling is all concerned with an idea I am mulling over and 
in my experience the best way to develop that is to sample.....so sampling it shall be. 
I am still taking registrations for embroider, embellish, create. We start on January 9
so there is plenty of time to get organised, gather your things and plan your cloth if you are 
thinking about it. Once you register you will be bombarded with information, an avalanche 
of e-mail and be given access to videos which will help you with cloth choices and provide 
food for thought regarding your own piece and how it may evolve. 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

worn cloth and fine lace...

Extremely old and aged cotton with lace I made myself using very loose weave cotton scrim. Painstakingly hand joined patchwork, applique flowers, surface embroidery and raw edges.