Saturday 29 January 2011

Gaudi inspired tile


Have been having trouble with the blog posting but all seems well now. This is a little piece based on Gaudi mosaics. Reverse applique with embroidery.

Yesterday I visited Prema, a lovely little chapel gallery tucked away in Uley, a village near Stroud. I first met my husband when he was staying here with Andrew Wood when the building was being converted and we slept under blue plastic. Where have the years gone?
Bethan Ash has an exhibition here at the moment and it was a very good place to show off her vibrant work. Interestingly some pieces were displayed downstairs on red painted walls and they looked great, really enhanced it.
From Uley my friend and I went on to Bath to the Victoria Art gallery to see David Tress's work Landmarks. What a treat! We came away inspired.

Magritte the Quilter


A friend sent me a postcard of a Magritte painting called L'Incendie, The Blaze. It reminded me of a tree I could see across the valley in the last days of autumn 2010. I made this little panel using the embellisher, wool and some hand dyed cotton and machine stitched over the top.