I’m rather happy with how this turned out. Having sussed out the practicalities of embroidering a glove I think the next glove puppet will involve a more complex embroidery.
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Hand Embroidered Unicorn Puppet
Hand Embroidered Unicorn Puppet
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Lady Violet
Lady Violet
Lady Violet is one of a series of dolls that I’ve been working on this year. It might be argued that she is the most beautiful of the collection being embellished in a purple and black design inspired by markings used to decorate items used to celebrate Día de los Muertos.
There will eventually be seven dolls in this collection. You can see the dolls that have been finished so far in my gallery here (be warned the gallery images may offend).
Lady Violet is one of a series of dolls that I’ve been working on this year. It might be argued that she is the most beautiful of the collection being embellished in a purple and black design inspired by markings used to decorate items used to celebrate Día de los Muertos.
There will eventually be seven dolls in this collection. You can see the dolls that have been finished so far in my gallery here (be warned the gallery images may offend).
Tags: Art, Sculpture, Stitch, Textiles
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Forever Young Eternal Love
Forever Young Eternal Love
This was hand stitched with cotton thread on black paper as a wedding anniversary present.
This was hand stitched with cotton thread on black paper as a wedding anniversary present.
Tags: Art, Paper, Stitch, Textiles
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Rainbow Unicorn Embroidery
Rainbow Unicorn Embroidery
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Approximately 297 × 420mm using split stitches with cotton thread on black linen.
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Approximately 297 × 420mm using split stitches with cotton thread on black linen.
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Robot Chicken Omlet Attack
Robot Chicken Omlet Attack
This was a little something I whipped up for a friend’s birthday recently. He has a history with regard to chickens so there is some sense in it. I punched out some black card and threaded it with cotton threads. Design measures approximately 148 × 210mm and the overall piece is 210 x 297mm.
This was a little something I whipped up for a friend’s birthday recently. He has a history with regard to chickens so there is some sense in it. I punched out some black card and threaded it with cotton threads. Design measures approximately 148 × 210mm and the overall piece is 210 x 297mm.
Tags: Art, Paper, Sewing, Stitch
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Hand Embroidered Wolf
Hand Embroidered Wolf
This is just a little test embroidery I completed as I’ve been trying to work out a slightly different way of embroidering these werewolf-esque images. It’s hand embroidered on red linen with cotton threads.
This is just a little test embroidery I completed as I’ve been trying to work out a slightly different way of embroidering these werewolf-esque images. It’s hand embroidered on red linen with cotton threads.
Tags: Art, Stitch, Textiles, Work in Progress
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Dragon Burgers
Dragon Burgers
This is one of a series of small new text based embroideries that I’ve been working on recently. The full set will be available from my online shop at the end of this week as limited edition (Edition of 1) framed items.
This is one of a series of small new text based embroideries that I’ve been working on recently. The full set will be available from my online shop at the end of this week as limited edition (Edition of 1) framed items.
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Charmed: Unicorn Embroidery
Charmed: Unicorn Embroidery
This is the latest large embroidery I’ve completed in my Unicorn-Porn series. It’s hand embroidered with white and silver cotton on a black cotton-linen mix fabric; it’s approximately equivalent to A3 paper in size. It took a good 60 hours to complete but I’m more than happy with the result.
As with the previous image in this series I have had it suspended in glass (without a backing) and had it finished with a white washed wooden frame.
View more work like this in my galleries here.
This is the latest large embroidery I’ve completed in my Unicorn-Porn series. It’s hand embroidered with white and silver cotton on a black cotton-linen mix fabric; it’s approximately equivalent to A3 paper in size. It took a good 60 hours to complete but I’m more than happy with the result.
As with the previous image in this series I have had it suspended in glass (without a backing) and had it finished with a white washed wooden frame.
View more work like this in my galleries here.
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Pinhole Photography
Pinhole Photography
These are two images I created using a home made pinhole camera whilst on a trip to Southerndown beach when I was in college many moons ago. I discovered them again recently after a spring cleaning session.
The first (white) image is the original negative that would have been housed in the pinhole camera; the second (black) image is the final positive image that was created by contact printing from the negative in the dark room. If I remember correctly, the elliptical centre focal point which is flooded with more light is the result of having used a curved vessel to house my pinhole camera.
I really enjoyed the physical process of capturing and printing pinhole photographs. It’s just a shame that it’s so impractical to dabble with these processes in the real world.
These are two images I created using a home made pinhole camera whilst on a trip to Southerndown beach when I was in college many moons ago. I discovered them again recently after a spring cleaning session.
The first (white) image is the original negative that would have been housed in the pinhole camera; the second (black) image is the final positive image that was created by contact printing from the negative in the dark room. If I remember correctly, the elliptical centre focal point which is flooded with more light is the result of having used a curved vessel to house my pinhole camera.
I really enjoyed the physical process of capturing and printing pinhole photographs. It’s just a shame that it’s so impractical to dabble with these processes in the real world.
Tags: Art, Photography, Wales
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Invictus
Invictus
Say hello to Invictus*, the first hobby-horse I’ve created as a part of my polycorn-posse. For those who don’t already know Invictus is the result of my current Unicorn-Porn project. The project initially started with an inquiry into some Welsh myths and legends and has since morphed into this body of work which, amongst other things, question our understanding of ‘play’.
*Invictus, was so named because, no matter what he did, his erection was perpetual, was furnished with an engine eleven inches long and seven and fifteen-sixteenths inches around. Greater ones, who had difficulty stiffening, had been turned away to make room for him who, regardless of the quantity of discharges produced in a day, rose heavenward at the slightest touch.
- from The Marquis de Sade. 120 Days of Sodom (or the School of Libertinism), France 1905
Say hello to Invictus*, the first hobby-horse I’ve created as a part of my polycorn-posse. For those who don’t already know Invictus is the result of my current Unicorn-Porn project. The project initially started with an inquiry into some Welsh myths and legends and has since morphed into this body of work which, amongst other things, question our understanding of ‘play’.
*Invictus, was so named because, no matter what he did, his erection was perpetual, was furnished with an engine eleven inches long and seven and fifteen-sixteenths inches around. Greater ones, who had difficulty stiffening, had been turned away to make room for him who, regardless of the quantity of discharges produced in a day, rose heavenward at the slightest touch.
- from The Marquis de Sade. 120 Days of Sodom (or the School of Libertinism), France 1905
Tags: Art, Grotesque, Photography, Sculpture
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