"Self Portrait"

"Self Portrait"

Embroidery

2013

 

 

 

 

 

          Embroidery, soon to become a favorite medium of mine, is something magical. There

is a kind of mystery to its development. You begin with a few lines, here and there, just to

get things started. And soon you're off; making flat stitches turn to shallow hills of color.

And as the piece progresses- whether you work all over at once, or you finish certain

sections at a time, you never can quite predict how your images will turn out; how those

last second little stitches can make all the difference. You may think you are simply filling 

in an area with a solid, flat color, and yet when you stop- there they are... the breaks in 

between the stitches create even more lines for your eyes to follow and get lost in.  

 

          I do believe this is love.



 

 

 

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This self portrait is the second embroidery I've created.

More to come, for sure!