Tag: embroidery
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Having a stitchy time…
You know how it is, one day it’s January and the next it’s nearly May… The very observant will also notice that this is not the palette I began 2016 using. That piece is sitting patiently, waiting for me to complete the one you can see in progress below. I’ve noticed it before, some pieces just demand…
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Happy New Year!
A little late I know, but I hope you have a wonderful 2016! What a year 2015 turned out to be. The highlights for me were meeting so many fabulous people at the Discover group exhibitions we held in June and November. I feel enormously lucky to be part of such a supportive and energetic…
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Celebrating slow art…
I spend most of my time hand-stitching canvas embroideries – I know, weird isn’t it! There are pictures of my work over in the gallery (click on the menu). Much of my inspiration comes from nature and the changing seasons and also from my fascination with the landscape and heritage of the British Isles. This…
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Stitchy Purdah
Well, all that frenetic activity back in the autumn seems like such a long time ago now. I think it’s safe to say that I took the slow practice of hand stitching to the edge, in the run up to our exhibition last November, which with Christmas following hard on its heels, made for a…
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Preparations…
There’s something you need to know about slow art… … it doesn’t like to be rushed. Preparations are going on at as fast a pace as I can manage for Discover. I’m going to be showing a selection of my large stitched tapestries at Ivinghoe, and in addition, I’ll be introducing two new stitched triptychs. You’ll…
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A sneak preview…
Just off the frame – Hidcote Blues. It seems an eternity ago now, but back at the beginning of June, at what turned out to be the start of a stunning summer, I travelled across the Cotswolds to visit Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden. It was one of those amazing June days, early enough in…
Ann Pawley 