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I remember I had been working on a difficult silk project but was not doing very well. Technically, I was experiencing some definite challenges and even though I kept plodding onwards, I was not convinced about the effect and was quickly giving up. I even began to question whether I had lost my hand at needlepainting.
As with many things, I needed some reassurance. This pansy drawing had been sitting on my work table waiting for such a moment. I quickly transferred the design onto Belgian linen. Choosing the colours was regenerating. I set to work immediately. Everything came together so quickly and naturally. The colours were jumping off the linen. There was something pure intertwined through the threads.
This project will leave the studio next week, in its antique gold frame with midnight blue matting boards trimmed with the same antique gold accent line. The final result is small (15 cms x 25 cms framed), intimate, perfect as an silky accent in a classical décor.
My client picked it out of a selection of many... she went straight to it as if the piece chose her rather than the other way around.
I'll be sad to see it go, but thrilled that someone else will enjoy viewing it daily.
Pansies (2009 - L'Art de l'Aiguille)
The original design by Barbara Hammett called for a frieze around the central motif. I have chosen not to do it at this time and have already begun a second motif by Morris, adapted by Hammett.
So here is the finished 4" x 4" design. I completed it this weekend just before the power failure and while we were watching 'The King's Speech'. Our daughter was visiting and it was a restful activity for my hands as we talked and watched the movie. I have mounted it temporarily in a box frame. When the other 2 designs are completed, I'll see what I shall do with the 3; possibly a single frame with a vertical or horizontal arrangement, the three separated by matting boards.
I am now planning another Redouté 'Rose'.. a long vertical, linear bloom...
Stay posted.
