The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge – Noelle Mason

by Mr X Stitch on 7 May 2009

Mr X Stitch presents the Cutting & Stitching EdgeThis week’s Cutting (& Stitching) Edge features the work of Noelle Mason.

Noelle Mason Cross Stitch

She is a truly astounding artist; you can see the breadth of her body of work on her website. From “Ground Control” a woollen rug featuring a thermal image of the US-Mexico border in California, to stained glass pieces reproducing the surveillance camera image of Princess Diana leaving the Ritz hotel, Noelle’s work investigates “the subtle seductiveness of power facilitated by systems of visual control”.

Noelle Mason Cross Stitch

The piece we focus on here is entitled “Nothing Much Happened Today (for Eric and Dylan)”. It is a cross stitch piece finished in April this year, and is 50 inches high by 66 inches wide. It took Noelle five years to complete. It is incredibly powerful.

Noelle Mason Cross Stitch

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1 Rosa 7 May 2009 at 12:23 pm

Crumbs, that’s amazing.

2 Ketzirah Carly 7 May 2009 at 1:54 pm

disturbing and amazing all at once!

3 Tanya 7 May 2009 at 5:15 pm

It’s been ten years and that photo is still so haunting and disturbing – but that is amazing work right there.

4 Claudia 7 May 2009 at 7:03 pm

Wow, amazing work. Off to be jealous of her talent now!

5 Crystal 7 May 2009 at 8:29 pm

wow.

6 Nicole 9 May 2009 at 3:38 am

This is so so great.

7 Rayna 12 June 2009 at 7:04 am
8 Mr X Stitch 12 June 2009 at 9:28 am

Isn’t it just! :)
Which validates the piece in my eyes.
I was glad to see Noelle getting to say her bit as well.

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