25 January 2008

New bird on the block

The block is 8" square and the bird is by embroiderer Heidi Turner. The base fabric, which wraps round the deep stretchers, is printed and seamed and painted, and stitched under the paint; and handstitched, and beaded, and sequinned -- I'm still seeing new things every time I lift it off the wall and into the light.

Here it is, lower left - with the red dot, in Heidi's display at the annual show of the Society of Designer Craftsmen:

You can see more of her award-winning work here; by clicking on those pix you'll get a good close-up of the telling details.

1 comment:

Jane LaFazio said...

that Heidi Turner bird piece is really gorgeous and inspirational! I'm going to look at more of her work. So sensitive and mysterious, I love it!