As it has been so Spring like (back to Winter now though) I thought I should push on and finish the Winter Book. Here are the covers. This one on the front is a mini version of a larger piece I sold last year that started off this whole body of work. I was experimenting with loop stitches, which I hope to continue with, and thinking about the walks around the Enormous Field. You can spot the gates into the field (top right and top left) Bottom left there is a small tunnel in the hedge that all the walkers use. A desire path i.e. not an official footpath but one that people have created (see Robert McFarlane books for these useful landscape words)
The other side has a tiny landscape on a scrap of indigo dyed fabric. This is the Lost Hedge in the enormous field. More about that to come in the future. I am aiming for 10 pieces to go to the Quennington exhbition but will continue with this theme of documenting our nearby fields.
I made the tie with a blue scarab beetle and a glass leaf - now I have to put it altogether.
Really lovely! Looking forward ti the finished piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you Beth, it is all glued together now.
Deletelove your reflections on the quiet beauty of winter
ReplyDeleteThank you Mo.
Deleteso in love with this tiny winter landscape !
ReplyDeleteThank you Els, I was quite pleased myself!
DeleteI find this work especially inspiring as well as pleasing. The loop stitches are particularly intriguing. Beautiful! Stephanie in Northern California
ReplyDeleteHello Stephanie, I want to explore some more loop stitches but it will have to be when this body of work for my next exhibition is finished. Then maybe a sampler to explore the idea.
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