I really enjoyed the first meeting with the group. It was so interesting seeing what everyone was working on and how different all our pieces were. I am going to use the blog to record my inspirations for the different elements in my Heartlands piece.
I mentioned to some of you about the workshop I did with Lou Gardiner last weekend. Here is the link to the video about her
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2012/may/10/louise-gardiner-collect-2012-embroidery-video
and also her website is http://www.lougardiner.co.uk.
Looking forward to seeing how this blog works out and sharing our thought and ideas as the month goes by! I will add my finished Heartlands piece once it has its borders on!
Chris Treweek
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| The winding cable |
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| Stitching based on winding cable |
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| The map of the tin mines under Heartlands |
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| Stitching inspired by underground map of mines |
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| Rusty stains running down a wall inside the winding house |
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| Stitching inspired by rusty marks |
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| Rusty old tank |
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| Stitching inspired by the rusty tank. I was pleased to incorporate anew technique on tis piece, that I was introduced to by Lou Gardiner at a workshop the previous weekend. |
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| Close up of the metal cage that used to take miners down into the mine |
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| I used the structure of the cage to create a piece that I could drop the other images into |
