TAST-2015- Week 3- Feather Stitch
July 31, 2015
This may be a small embroidery but it took me the best part of a day to stitch it. Mainly because I was stitching in a single strand of silk thread, that does take time.
The inspiration for this piece is the sun, the earth, the sand dunes and the sea that surround my island. I had never thought of using feather stitch to represent the sea but it kind of works.
I used single feather stitch for the sun, stitching two rows in opposite directions. This gives a great spiral effect. (I want to try this with a thicker thread I think it could be very effective.)
The line that represents the land is stitched in closed feather stitch, the thread this time was a Stef Francis silk.
The beach has grass tussocks here and there and this was stitched in feather with different weights of silk thread. I added the odd detached chain on some of the arms.
Then I threw caution to the wind when it came to the sea. I mixed differ weights, colours and types of silk and let it flow.
As you can probably see from this close up, I stitched onto a piece of eco dyed wool.
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