Mixed Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stitch in Time Series

Stitch in Time I

Painted collaged fabric stitched. Slate stitched 

Stitch in Time II

Hand dyed fabric, slate and stitch.

Stitch in Time III

Hand dyed fabric, slate and collage.

Low Tide at Garden Cliff, Westbury on Severn

Ashore

Ashore

Hand dyed fabric combined with free machining and embellished with stone fragments from site and beads. Framed in a deep slate frame inside and out.

A rare sight. Very low tide and lack of silt obscuring surface underfoot.

Aground

Inspired by the extreme low tides at Garden Cliff on the River Severn. A contemplation of sights, sounds and texture. Honey comb fragment found on the tide line was used to add a wax element in places. Pigment collected from the cliff was also rubbed onto the surface. Finally mounted and stitched with wire onto a slate backing.

Crankle

Slate combined with natural dyed fabric using combinations of Madder, Brazilwood and Logwood. Stitched into Freeform pleats echoing rock strata and water ripples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purton Boat Graveyard

Pigments collected from the shores of the River Severn prepared and ground and painted onto linen fabric. The fabric is then left to cure for several months before being sympathetically stitched into to portray the vast and eerie space that can be experienced at low tide.

This process was taught by  Claire Benn from an online course run by Fibre Arts Take Too.

 

 

 

Honesty

Honesty seed pods trapped delicately between wild silk fibres.

Low Ebb I

Numerous mono prints were made onto rice paper. These were then torn, manipulated and collaged to create these images of the River Severn at low ebb.

 

 

 

 

 

Low Ebb II

Slate Frames

The frames were made from upcycled roof slates. Centres drilled out to create the apertures. Fractures joined with copper and soldered on the back.