Liberate
Journey
Release
Freedom
The wonder of flight and migration is the inspiration for this work.
Traditional embroidery techniques are worked and pushed to their extremes in order for these constructions to include drawings, revealing the liberation and joy of seabirds. Paper cut-outs, which include graphite and oil painted marks, are trapped within layers of tissue paper with machine embroidery.
Limestone Harvest
Gold leaf applied to embroidered paper
The ‘Rock’ pieces explore the use of coloured pigments and gold leaf applied directly to the machine embroidered tissue work.
