Things have been so manic for the past week that I'm afraid the blog has had to take a back seat. In just a few weeks time I’m taking part in a NEOS (North East Open Studios) exhibition, which is a big event and takes a lot of time and effort to organise. My main worry is not having enough interesting pieces to exhibit, so for the past week I’ve been frantically digitising and stitching.
Part of my exhibition will be concerned with the Pictish designs that I’ve been working on for some time. Aberdeenshire is rich in ancient standing stones carved with strange motifs, and many of these make wonderful embroideries. I’ve shown one or two on the blog in the past, and here’s another, taken from a carving of a beautifully life-like and vivid wild boar. I’ve stitched him with copper leaf applique, which works well and gives him an air of strength and antiquity
The Pictish Boar, appliqueed with copper
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