New work on paper

Here is my latest work on paper.  It's a bit of a mixed media piece incorporating aquarellable chalk pastel pencils, fine liner and hand embroidery.  The paper I have used is a 375 gsm cotton rag paper with a rough surface.  I attached a light weight fusible interfacing on the back of the paper to give extra support and prevent tearing.  As you can see the topic is hexagons.  I have spent some time learning to draw sacred geometry patterns, but have not yet had an opportunity to integrate them into my work, at least not before this.  The embroidered figure in the centre is a "microorganism" of my own imagining.

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Crop Circle Series

This series of 9 works was inspired by the phenomenon of crop circles.  Each work is approximately 22 cm x 22 cm.  The ground fabrics are antique and new Japanese fabrics, some silk, some synthetic.  Threads used were commercial cotton threads and hand dyed silk.

Crop Circle 1:  It Starts and Ends at the Beginning.

Crop Circle 2:  Fraction of a Fractal

A single unit of the lovely and complex Julia Set Fractal

Crop Circle 3:  Duality

A reinterpretation of Yin-Yang

Crop Circle 4:  You are Me, I am You

This piece explores the inextricable relationship between the circle and the triangle.

Detail shows the use of tiny seed stitches

Crop Circle 5:  From this Place Arise All Things Eternal

Crop Circle 6:  Chasing Twisters with Whirligigs

Crop Circle 7:  Eclipse

Thousands of tiny, tiny seed stitches link the various stages of the eclipse

The previous photo is more true to the colour, however here you can see the detail of the seed stitches.

Crop Circle 8:  Three into One into Three

Crop Circle 9:  Moondance

A whimsical end to the crop circle journey.

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