It's time for me to show some new work!
Some of you may know that I've been working like crazy to get my embroideries ready for a new exhibition by my textile group 'NINE'. Our exhibition is being held at The Gibberd Gallery in Harlow Essex from 1st-25th November 2011 (Monday -Friday 10am -4pm). The title of our exhibition is "Textile Tales and Stitched Stories".
We each had to produce a stitched panel based on a Fairy Story.
I chose to embroider The Princess and the Pea.
Quite a few of us found it to be a real challenge, including myself! I find it very difficult to do representational work, and much prefer to stitch abstract design. This was the best I could do! I made 20 little quilts and a felt pea which I placed on a dolls house bed, placed on a canvaswork mat.
Quite a few of us found it to be a real challenge, including myself! I find it very difficult to do representational work, and much prefer to stitch abstract design. This was the best I could do! I made 20 little quilts and a felt pea which I placed on a dolls house bed, placed on a canvaswork mat.
I photographed the bed and then by the miracle of Photoshop, printed it onto fabric and then embellished it with further stitching, adding a Princess and a crown.
The first thing you see when entering the exhibition is our group of Fairy Tale panels.
I will be adding more pictures of the exhibition in the next few days, along with further details of my work!
