Showing posts with label Reckitts Blue Bag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reckitts Blue Bag. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2014

Evidence 1986




These small 3D woven pieces are presented in the Lysaght Watt Gallery on a mirror surface, surrounded by eco-dyed pre-felt and tumbled glass fragmentia. They are like cracked shells of eggs, very small and fine. 


Completed for Graduation Exhibition at The Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada. Responding to a course brief as set by Helen Francis Gregor- Senior Textile Tutor.

Warp - Cotton. Weft - Assorted Silk Sewing Threads. Woven shaped then stitched

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Reckitts Blue 2008-09



Reckitts Blue 2008-09.

The Challenge.
Tapestry Blues
Project - Weave a tapestry using the colour blue in it. The whole tapestry does not have to be blue, but you may like to weave the tapestry completely in blues.
Theme - Tapestry Blues
Tapestry Size - Any shape up to 20cm x 20cm.
Reckitts Blue source http://adrianwinter.co.uk/logbooks/204Logbook/pages/reckitts.htm
Warp - Cotton. Weft - Cotton Embroidery Floss



Seeking a like-minded support community to help nurture my practice I joined the New Zealand Tapestry Exchange Network, which organised annual projects. This work is my response to one of those projects.

(Held in Private Collection)