Playing when I should be working

Free machine stitching, maybe tree maybe coral. maybe just a mess!

Free machine stitching, starting to fill in the out line

Traced drawing to play with

Todays play

So finally I am back at it. I have done a quick hour of play using the colour technique Ruth and I discussed months ago. And it has been months since I have had the sewing machine out.

Colour Sampling, mixing blue, yellow and pink (red) in different strengths and amounts

Colour Sampling, mixing yellow and pink (red)

Colour Sampling, mixing blue, yellow and pink (red)starting with yellow then blue and variegated pink on top

Yellow and pink, a think crochet cotton in the bobbin give a very different effect.

Stitching

A small piece I have been working on or an exhibition

Mooculta 46: 2016.  Eco dyed silk and silk threads, hand stitched

Mooculta 46: 2016, detail.  Eco dyed silk and silk threads, hand stitched

The memory of a land no longer accessible to you and dances in your memories of a time so precious it now holds a place in history that doesn't exist.

To find my place in a landscape and time,  I need to return to a place I have never lived on or visited, the land of my mother.

Stitching in Montana

It is quite surreal sitting in a snow covered landscape stitching silk dyed in Bourke. 

A bit of Bourke in Montana

I am working on an exhibition piece for a group exhibition, Covert. All the silks were dyed with eucalyptus leaves from Bourke. One small piece was dyed at Bourke. My landscape and family I have no more and "Covert" a return to them. 

My one hour a day while away

 Just  unpacking here in Montana where I am having a little holiday with family. So Ruthie here is my one hour a day of play while away! I am re stitching a piece for an exhibition as the last piece didn't "speak" to me in any way.  I also have a new piece I want to work on. It is all hand stitching as that's easy to carry with me.

Colour Play

Ruth came to visit and we played a bit with colour. I have an obsession with Chuck Close and his amazing knowledge of colour.

A quick sample and lots more work to do on getting my colours to work the way I want.

Belinda Jessup 2015, Machine stitched colour separation 

Belinda Jessup 2015, Colour separation sampling exercises