One siren finished – detail of her bodice which is machine and hand embroidery, vintage fabrics and threads.
ceramic sculpture, underglaze, stains, and engobe, once fired 1100 – machine and hand embroidered bodice vintage fabrics and thread.
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.
almost there – now the final struggle between finishing and leaving – I am torn with leaving the final panel almost as is – a counterpoint.
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.
forgot to take photos before I framed these pieces – my apologies for any reflections – both pieces are 40 x40 cm framed
