I have been working with intensity on my piece for
Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder.
I've named the one panel I'm focusing on
Beginning With Time. (continued from
here) The size has increased and I am glad that I can no longer touch the edges.
I used borders to achieve the increase in scale but now have some design challenges and not much time left before I have to ship the panel to Newfoundland.
I am loving the process. Ordered seed stitch. Accumulation.
I hope that what my work communicates is the quiet joy of making and at the same time the feeling that we are each just a tiny speck.
go slow....stop thinking.....look around
Van Gogh
your stitches echo the quote from van gogh beautifully. i love your hand stretching into the stitch.
ReplyDeleteThe smallness of the stitch tickings, the immensity of the cloth invite us to stop thinking and get lost in wonder.
ReplyDeleteThe regular stitches, the colours, they all make me slow down. It looks so cuddly.
ReplyDeleteIn regard to the Van Gogh quote: I was having design problems because of the wide borders...how to integrate them with the central area?
ReplyDeleteIt was the 'look around' part that helped. I put the stitching down and went outside. I looked at nature. I looked at my daily view and the trees that made a natural frame.
Responding to the patterns in nature and being reassured by them...helped.
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Steady, magical stitch - the beautiful linear lines that emerge. Crossing under and over, marking colour - stories. Emerging grace and commitment - always Judy.
ReplyDeleteIn awe.
Bethany
i like the sense and reference to scale here.
ReplyDelete'I hope that what my work communicates is the quiet joy of making and at the same time the feeling that we are each just a tiny speck.'
ReplyDeleteSo True !
Beautiful, beautiful, and I imagine you will miss this pieces when it heads to Newfoundland.
Is it wool? I always love thinking about how much of a miracle a little speck can be...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to Newfoundland. Somewhere i really want to go! And for textiles, my passion.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to see this piece finished anywhere?
ReplyDeleteWhat material did you use?
ReplyDeleteThis is to answer the last two questions:
ReplyDelete1 is it possible to see this piece finished? This piece is entitled Beginning with Time You can see it digitally on my website judithemartin.com or on my new work blog judithmartin2012.blogspot.com
It was shown in public probably for the last time in the fall of 2021 in the exhibition entitled In the Middle of the World, a two person show with Penny Berens. Beginning with Time is in private collection.
2 what material did I use? The base fabric is an old dark blanket. I applied long strips of blanket cloth to that blanket and used seed stitch to adhere them. The blanket cloth strips were a variety of colours, all dyed with natural dyes. The threads I used to make the repeated seed stitch are silk or silk and wool blends and I purchased them in a knitting shop. Most of them are commercially dyed green.
thanks for asking questions xo
Looks divine - I would love to see the finished piece please 🙏🏻
ReplyDeleteWonderful work....
ReplyDeleteWonderful and beautiful. I love that the stitches are in small sections, inviting you to pick it up and do a little more when you do need to stop and slow down. I am inspired to do a small piece and intend to ‘give it a go’ as we say in Australia. There are so many clever people in this world and you are one of them, Judy. 😊
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