I am very pleased to be able to post a finished piece of work, the first in a series based on the Holy Wells of Cornwall. This work is based on St Ruan's Well near Cadgwith on the Lizard. I decided before I started any stitching I would so some drawing, and on one of the first hot days of this spring I sat down and quickly made this sketch.
I do think that making drawing part of my design process has made me look more carefully at the subject, and I am hoping to keep that habit going!
I also took a few photographs focussing on the vegetation surrounding around the well and close ups of the granite. In particular there was a great mass of bare blackthorn stems which had an amazing texture which I rather liked... During the period that I was starting to develop this project, I attended a weekend screen printing workshop with Vineta Cable at Cowslip Workshops. I decided to create some textured fabrics inspired by the photographs, and these prints of granite stones, grasses and blackthorn stems were all eventually used in the final piece. I loved the images of the tangle of ferns but this was not used in the final work as I had decided it wasn't possible to include imagery of the inside of the well. So I think I will be saving that for another project!
Thank you for reading this post,
I hope you have enjoyed seeing some finished work from me - at last!
Regards, Chris
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