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 extending embellishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extending embellishment. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

one of six

One picture of six pictures of one piece of work. I will show you the rest later.....
I am having so much fun with this current class....they are all so very talented, yes I know I am like a broken record but it's true....
I am now taking registration for the next one... embroider, embellish, create, I can't get enough of it so if you want to join in then look here.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

beginnings and endings....





Today is a sad day, (half sad anyway) and a happy exciting day!! My white cloth is finished...honest it is...but my girls have to see it first, they are watching a video as we speak. You shall see it too...when the sun shines and I can do it justice. Embroider Embellish Create is finished...in terms of instruction and badgering from me at least. I hate when these things end.....man up Karen.... we shall still mail, advise, ask questions, interact...but technically the teacher bit is over...I will continue to check out their progress over here....have a look it is amazing!! and I will be here for them until they get sick of me...
The excitement......Extending Embellishment....I have been playing...these pictures are my toys, my samples, my tiny creations that will feed my work for that. Our class blog is now live, we start next week, our flickr group will be live next week, you will be able to look...I know, I know...nobody is as excited as me...I am such a loser..need to get out more. I agree but staying in is so much fun when I can play all day....

Monday, February 13, 2012

extending embellishment




Yes girls, don't panic I am still joining my cloth. I've also got a little sideline going in creating pieces for the new class, extending embellishment, which starts on March 5. The piece shown here includes stitched paper, stitched cloth and some snippets of vintage cloth which are all seamlessly, (ha! don't believe it!) joined together to become what I hope is a little piece of contemporary art...There is still quite a way to go on this one and then there is the other one...also for the class. It's like a regular stitching marathon here which I love...LOVE, I really do...what's not to love?