Wake Up
Hand embroidery and thread lint on hand-painted charmeuse, 3 x 4 inches. The wake is from a ferry to Vancouver Island.
I wanted the wake to be mostly matt in contrast to the shiny water on either side of it. I first glued some thread lint (finely chopped thread) in a range of colours to the background. This helps bulk it up a little above the surface of the water and gives it that frothy look. Over this I couched some matt sewing threads in various shades, using thicker threads closer to the bottom of the picture to help with perspective. It was quite tough pushing the needle through the thicker layer of lint, so this may be my first and last wake, at least for such a large seagoing vessel!
This piece and a few others will be on show at Positively Petite starting November 13 at Place des Arts, Coquitlam.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 am
Again beautiful – very, very beautiful, an oeuvre d’art of a special kind. ….and we went already on this ferryboat to Vancouver Island – some time ago, so it recalls memories!