Sooo exciting....it's almost Knitting and Stitching time....all roads lead to the RDS! I was thrilled to have a couple of pieces selected for the 'Entwined Memories' Exhibition by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland.
Both pieces were inspired by childhood memories of the Sunday afternoon drive....
The first piece 'Our Feet Now Touch the Ground' was inspired by an old photograph of two of my brothers and myself, taken on one of our Sunday drives, or as we used to say 'spins' to the Hill of Slane c.1968....it's one of my favourite photos from the family album. Around this time last year, we were all together once again, having lunch near Slane....I thought it would be fun to try and recreate the photo....and it was....we laughed and giggled and eventually got the shot!
I printed an image of the original photo and a copy of the map onto cotton fabric...these were layered and stitched together with the original route highlighted in red...the new photo was printed onto silk organza which is somewhat transparent. In order to get the effect I wanted, whereby you were looking through one image to see the one behind, I raised the organza onto insect pins.
Bective and Beyond....
The second piece selected for the exhibition is a series of embroidered fragments entitled 'Bective and Beyond'. These grew out of my work in the Cead Creative Embroidery module in NCAD last year. Bective Abbey was another popular spot for the Sunday Spin....what a wonderful playground! I love the cloisters and all the nooks and crannies at Bective....it nurtured a life long love of ruins and abbeys for me....so many more yet to explore....
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