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Mitochondrial Roots – words on quilt
The “story” is about male primogeniture. It was only 2 years ago that the UK government agreed that a first born, even if it was female, could take the throne. It’s only 2014 and we […]
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Life 4 words
Quilt over chair is English piecing over papers, applique, stitch and acrylic paint The words on this quilt are as follows and are a response to the question, Hello Dear, What Did You Do Today? […]
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Momento Mori 1 Stepping Off The Edge Momento Mori 2 Be Happy Validation Going For A More Relaxed approach Update on Talking Heads Portraits on Textiles Windrush – Rachel
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Talking Heads – posting #2
The starting point for this piece was to dye some fabric. When you set out to dye there’s usually loads of chemicals around so you can easily do more than 1 piece, even if they’re […]
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
27th April 2024 I’ve made a start on Benjamin Zephaniah’s portrait, but the image shows it about half done. I’ve decided to do 2 pieces about Benjamin. This stitched portrait will be finished with gold […]
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Talking Heads
I had one of those nights when you wake at some unearthly hour and can’t get back to sleep again because your mind is racing. The weight of the world was not weighing me down […]
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Momento Mori 1 – Stepping Off The Edge
It started with a Victorian sampler […]
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Momento Mori 3 – Ritual
Background to the Momento Mori quilts: OK, so not everyone likes my quilts as they are not what you might normally expect to see and are sometimes quite challenging, but in my small studio tucked […]
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George Saunders – Stitching and Painting a portrait
This piece is temporarily on hold until I visit the Back to Backs, Birmingham, in early May. I need more photos and info! Not quite finished yet but coming along. I’m using a very low […]
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Starting Windrush 4 – George Saunders
George came to Birmingham from St Kitts in the West Indies in 1958. He was a tailor and opened a shop in Hurst Street in 1974 where he had a successful business in the Back […]