OF FIBRE AND LIFE...
Bits and pieces of cloth sewn or glued together curtain the world.
Bits and pieces of knowledge skillfully intertwined make up the study of history.
Every civilization has this tradition of squirreling away precious fragments untill they are needed to create a whole.
Works of art,especially in the 20th century are often nothing more than ordered fragmentations-
with each fragment carrying it's own cultural load.
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Butterfly Song...from Fragments
Another small work for Open Studios, made of course from fragments;
vintage soft, worn shirting backs an embroidered butterfly scrap from a Victorian hankie, all hand stitched and gently embelished and now mounted in a box frame.
I'm just having a break from large artworks after my Minories exhibition....I needed time to start research again, but have to occupy my hands with stitching too! so have been making some small pieces for Open Studios weekend....perhaps I shall see you there :o)
Hi Ellen Good 2c u r still making Vintage Fragments!! My blog is here http://goodnewsfromthevegplot.blogspot.com/2010/05/welcome.html
ReplyDeleteYou will remember me as you bought some of my cards last November. xx's Joan
Hello Joan,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you!
I'm just having a break from large artworks after my Minories exhibition....I needed time to start research again, but have to occupy my hands with stitching too!
so have been making some small pieces for Open Studios weekend....perhaps I shall see you there :o)
Ellen x