So, to begin! In my last post I told you about canvas work, and I showed you my stitch sampler. Well here is my individual outcome- a piece of embroidered braille, using the warp and weft threads of the scrim as my stitching threads. It’s not a photogenic piece, but the brief was ‘texture’ so I don’t lose points for ugliness.
We’ve now been working on Jacobean Crewelwork for four weeks- crewel work being embroidery worked with wools, and ‘jacobean’ being the visual style. The contextual studies lessons we’re getting are really interesting. The lecturer, Lynn Hulse, is a fountain of embroidery knowledge, and we also get to visit the RSN studios and the collection to see examples of the embroideries we’re being told about during the lectures. On Tuesday, we saw meters of late eighteenth century embroideries designed by William Morris and Burne Jones based on the story ‘The Romance of The Rose’.
I’m really enjoying Jacobean Crewelwork, as most of the others on the course are. Here’s a picture of my stitch sampler in progress, just to give you an idea-
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If you want to see my other work then my personal blog is a pretty good place to start: My Little Stitches
If you want to know more, please get in touch! You can email me at: prettyguns.rosa[at]gmail.com
Disclaimer: Curegreed’s view do not necessarily represent those of the Royal School of Needlework, and she’s not pretending they do. Okay?
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So jealous of all your amazing new embroidery experiences Curegreed! Love this column!!
Very cool stuff. I love the braille!
the braille piece is so textural, no coyness intended. the look and feel of monochromatics and stitching that builds on it is wonderful. would love to see and touch this one in person!