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 show and tell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label show and tell. Show all posts

Sunday, March 27, 2016

A brief show and tell, a wrapping cloth.






Remember this mammoth post? A wrapping cloth.......now finished.....backed, titivated at the edges....being drooled over as we speak.  The video...a brief show and tell. - See more at: http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/#sthash.fbixhqPb.dpuf

Saturday, January 21, 2012

show and tell



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the video as promised...it looks dark in the still....go with it, it's quite bright after the first minute or so...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Helen's Cloth...



Do you remember the video from last week a cloth for James? Today I have another video for you, a cloth for Helen. Yes, I know, Helen has a lot of cloth, what can I say......five minutes long again, hope you like it.


and you are allowed to ignore this bit if you want, skip over it, consign it to history but it must be said....
Karen's Global Embroidery School has had late comers, that's fine. If you are still pondering I want to clarify.....you can join any time, you will get all the resources posted before you joined, you will have access to EVERYTHING until December 24.
Over and out!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

show and tell.....


I am excited today and nervous at the same time...I have made a little video for you about the work pictured above. It is quite short, about five minutes, I didn't want to send you to sleep. Thoughtful that's me....I also didn't want to give too much away, a girl needs her secrets and those are being shared with my class at the moment and I can't upset my girls!
I do think though that even though it's short you will get a better 'feeling' for the work than you would from still images. I am hoping so anyway and I would love feedback on this because I have a hankering to do more....
When I think of all the completed pieces, unfinished pieces, sketchbooks, samples etc that I have I am thinking I probably have enough video material for fifty years of blogging so if it's a success there will be more.......
Fingers and toes crossed here......watch and enjoy.....