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







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Thursday, November 24, 2011

paperwork....




Last night, after my moaning and complaining of yesterday, (sorry about that) I picked up this piece of paperwork again. I added French knots and then put it in my sketchbook. (I use the term sketchbook very loosely, not a lot of sketching goes on in there) I then extended my page and added some web stitch and a running stitch edge to that. It isn't finished, I will work on it some more tonight. When I looked again this morning I though, ''moving on''?  ''complete change of direction''? I don't think so....look at it placed next to my embroidered white cloth...almost identical. Conclusion? I'm not ready to move on? I am incapable of moving on? I have so little imagination that I will never do anything different? I should stop moaning and be happy with who I am and how that reflects in my work?....the last one is the one I prefer. So today I am positive, I am content, I think we all have these ''moments'' when we question our creativity. Yesterday is now in a box, put away.....
I am off out now...Christmas browsing. Having a look at what is out there and maybe buying a couple of things.......see you soon...