Yesterday I took some old pieces of work out to Rosebed Street Gallery – the piece below is from 2008. Vintage buttons, vintage silks from kimono , acrylic, gesso and wax. The base is newspaper sheets folded into thick bands and then woven together, trapping a moment in time, half truths, lies and nonsense.
I haven’t uploaded anything for a few days. The weather has been wild and chaotic but I have been in the studio despite the heat and humidity. This huge sheet of white paper has been hanging on the studio wall for several weeks – untouched – finding the courage to begin is sometimes very difficult – progress only seems to happen when you can overcome the fear.
two of the five panels have been commenced – i am combining stitch on paper with drawing, charcoal, pastel, watercolour , bible pages on plywood. It is very liberating – stitch provides a line like no other! 
last week I took my sewing machine into the life studio – usually i draw directly onto canvas or linen and then stitch – on thursday I stitched directly onto the canvas – trying to capture movement and feeling – the colour is watered down acrylic applied to the back of the canvas This is the result after several more hours of stitching.
From an earlier post here is the finished ‘ Travellers in a Strange Land’ – not happy with the photograph – and I will need to spend some more time on this aspect. 
Just delivered final works to Rosebed Street Gallery – the beautiful Annie and Maya have given my work pride of place – front wall exposure. I feel very privileged.
forgot to take photos before I framed these pieces – my apologies for any reflections – both pieces are 40 x40 cm framed
Rosebed Street Gallery – smalls exhibition opens tomorrow night I have just finished a couple of new pieces for the show as they have already sold three pieces of work – looking forward to covering some of my framing expenses!
veronica cay 