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Lichtexperimente

Monday, May 28th, 2012
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These are a couple of press clippings from the ‘Experiments with Light’ exhibition that took place at Leitkzau Castle in Germany earlier this year. The exhibition was the second incarnation of ‘Experiments with Light’ following a show at the eighth Kaunas International Textile Biennial in Lithuania and was organised by Galerija Balta.

The exhibition featured the work of a number of international artists who have created textile artworks that make use of ultraviolet light including my own ultraviolet orifices.

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Collaboration Part 3: Body Parts

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
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These are some images of the body parts I stitched together over the weekend as part of a collborative project I’m working on with the magical illustrator Layla Holzer.

The final puppets will take a puppet-like form constructed from a range of materials. These Louise Bourgeois-esque body parts have been constructed from pink towelling and silicon baby bottle teats for our Rapunzel figure.

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Collaboration Part 2: Fur Lining

Monday, May 7th, 2012
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As previously mentioned on this blog I’ve recently started working on some collaborative sculptures with the wonderful illustrator Layla Holzer. The work is being prepared for a an exhibition of fairy tale inspired works that are to be exhibited at St Donat’s Art Centre next month.

We’ve chosen to work with three stories by the Brothers Grimm which are Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and the lesser known Jorinda and Joringel. We’re working on puppet like sculptures that will encapsulate elements of the fairy tales and the themes that these stories explore. The fur lined vessel pictured above is a piece we’ve been working on for Little Red Riding Hood’s puppet.

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Black and White Unicorn Embroidery

Saturday, April 28th, 2012
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I finished the second of my unicorn tapestries this morning. It’s being a labour of love but it’s now finally complete. The work has been created using split stitches with white and sliver DMC embroidery threads on a black cotton-linen mix fabric. It measures approximately 297 × 420mm.

This is the reverse of the work displaying my oh so tidy stitches. I’ll share the full frontal images of the finished work in days to come once it’s been framed. You can view pictures of the first of these works in my gallery here.

My other unicorn embroideries can be seen on www.unicorn-porn.com.

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Stacey Page Embroideries

Thursday, April 26th, 2012
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I found this work by American artist Stacey Page on Twitter last week. I’ve seen embroidery onto old photographs done a few times but I think this is the most exciting results I’ve come across combining stitch and photographs. She has taken the photographs into a completely different realm. It feels a little like Stacy is unveiling the secret and fantastical lives of the stern faces that are captured in these old photographs. What could have, should have, might have been perhaps.

You can see more of Stacey’s work on her website >> www.staceypage.com

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Rainbow Embroidery Sample

Friday, April 20th, 2012
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I stitched this little sample together just to see how the rainbow colours would sit together in a fine embroidered line. I also embroidered lines with two and three threads rather than the single thread I normally use which was something of a revelation.

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A Rain of Birds

Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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This beautiful embroidery is the work of Ukrainian artist Ivan Semesyuk. He works in paint and creates sculptures too but it’s textile work that stands out strongest. If you have a little rummage through Semesyuk’s website you’ll find some beautifully embroidered creatures from birds like those pictured above to much more monstrous beasts.

>> www.semesyuk.com

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Happy Red Fish Embroideries

Saturday, April 14th, 2012
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I found the work of the Happy Red Fish on Behance this week. These collages are made from a combination of printed ink images and hand embroidered thread which makes for quite beautiful images.

The Happy Red Fish have experimented with a few different combinations of sewn and embroidered materials which includes plush toys made from plastic bags and various multi-media collages. It’s all beautifully made work and has given me some wonderful ideas for ways in which to push my own embroideries into new realms.

>> www.happy-red-fish.com

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Mask Making: Part 4

Saturday, March 31st, 2012
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Mask Making: Part 3

Saturday, March 31st, 2012
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