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Going back to this post where I spoke about reacquainting myself with some 'old' work', this cloth book is one of those pieces.
As I also came across a few loose embroidered samples I thought now was the ideal time to place them safely into this piece.
A short video....
For various reasons I am moving a few of my embroidered pieces to safer spaces temporarily.
That has given me a chance to revist them again.
I thought you might like to see some of these pieces too.
These little pieces measure six by six inches and are an extension of the design work you can see here and here.
It's a really useful exercise to take small areas of larger pieces and examine them more closely.
I will work into these more before I will call them finished.
My next pressing task however is to figure out where I want to go with this piece, how I want to extend it.
This is old work....or past work, perhaps that sounds better.
I had this collection out last week for a show and tell with my Alchemy group. It has got me really fired up, the processes, the surface design options.
This is just part of the whole collecti0n.
In particular and with the last piece of paperwork I showed on here in mind I am spending a lot of time gazing at these pin pricked and collaged areas.
Working with white in my Alchemy class has inpsired me to create more works on paper.
Pin pricking has also been a process I have shared within that group and again, I am inspired to create more pieces with that process.
The piece here today is part of a larger piece I am working on.
This one will have at least two sections before it's finished. I am currently planning the lower area.
The images today show progression of the work you saw here.
This work has also inspired new pieces which aren't yet advanced enough to show on here.
I do hope you can see the link from the ledger to the stand alone piece and vice versa.
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At the moment I am mostly working with lace and paper whilst trying to achieve a sense of the qualities of lace with my sampling.
Sampling is largely being worked with paper, in a ledger using scraps of lace and white to enhance that, for embellishment.
The main focus of these images is the tiny embroidered scrap with vintage cigarette silks. That piece has evolved independently from my main sampling but is most definitely inspired by my current explorations.
In these images the small stitched scrap is laid on old work. I guess 'paper', these processes have been part of who I am creatively for some time.
I'm loving working with paper in this manner as part of my sampling for Alchemy 2020.
These new pieces won't fit in my ledger but they are informing what will happen in there going forward.
The ledger has a little more work in it since you last saw it.
An embroidered fabric strip has been inserted on one page and secured with sequins on one side, bullion loops on the other.
It's finished. You have followed its progress on here. A hand embroidered, hand made artist book.
It will be hard to let this go. This is the third or fourth little book I have created with the intention of offering it for sale.
Up to now I haven't been able to part with any of them.
This one however is now listed in my shop.
(sold. thank you!!)
If you scroll to the end of the post there is a little video show and tell.
In other news, Alchemy is progressing well. The group are engaged, creative, innovative, supportive of each other and the work being produced is of another standard.....just wow.
My own work for that course is progressing slowly, slower than I would like so I am going to be giving that some attention over the next couple of days.
They are keeping me on my toes!!