tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19952492058154584882024-03-05T13:51:25.000+00:00Charlton StitcherWorking with mixed media stitched textiles gives me great pleasure.
As well as the joy in the art of making and exploring, there are the friendships formed as work grows.Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comBlogger542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-68289536754958054152021-09-23T22:49:00.011+01:002021-09-26T13:18:33.550+01:00Developing an image<p>On Instagram recently (link in the side bar), I posted these details among others of the tiny <i>Miniature Reflections</i> pieces that I have recently shown hanging in a group in the Lansdown Gallery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><table><tbody></tbody></table></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will undoubtedly use these images as I work towards my next piece of new work, most likely choosing from the last three. I will print them onto fabric and manipulate them in the hand (armed with a pair of scissors!) as I piece them with other fabrics. </div></div><div><br /></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div><br /></div>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-58405455439457888142021-09-21T17:25:00.011+01:002021-09-22T09:55:34.461+01:00Monochrome<p>Our exhbition at Lansdown Gallery in Stroud has now ended without me posting photos of the last two sets of my work so this post is set to remedy that. The theme in both series is monochrome and the striking black / white contrast that it offers. </p><p>First is a group of pieces developed from photographs looking up into an outdoor tented theatre space near Cairns in Queensland Australia. These photos were converted to black and white and manipulated and cropped in Photoshop and then digitally printed onto glossy photographic paper. Finally, marks were made with a fibre pen extending lines and detail beyond the photos and a small number of stitches were added to give texture. </p><p>As seen in the gallery this time, Australian Landscapes I - IV* (apologies for the reflections) were the result. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1KfGtg5aqcCdpQPkhPwbYE4E4H8J2hfwv2jNpFNhyAUSjm6XTTWsPF4-PP9YlZe5rEaBX0aRA1C6TF8sMYeaCQ4JiiDozFLB-8jViBgWdNleELgFFmLO62X58vNp4wgEB-6crYGyhNHX/s800/Australian-Landscape-Group.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="800" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1KfGtg5aqcCdpQPkhPwbYE4E4H8J2hfwv2jNpFNhyAUSjm6XTTWsPF4-PP9YlZe5rEaBX0aRA1C6TF8sMYeaCQ4JiiDozFLB-8jViBgWdNleELgFFmLO62X58vNp4wgEB-6crYGyhNHX/w400-h290/Australian-Landscape-Group.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Details of each are shown below ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now I'm beginning to think where to go next, as, the more I work in this way, life without stitching and thinking about design is somehow not an option for me! It gives me purpose and pleasure - whether there is a pandemic with lockdowns or not - and seems to be a part of who I am.<div><br /><div>*Some viewers who have been following this blog for a long time may recognise the Australian Landscape series from about 2016. It seemed apropriate to show them again in this new setting and in a slightly different format as they make links with current work. It turned out to be a popular choice!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-87374194915947435042021-09-16T17:16:00.002+01:002021-10-06T15:37:41.311+01:00An Artist's Book and Window Panes<p>This time, I'm posting three pieces with a very similar colour palette, all of which have imagery originating from the same high rise building in Sydney which has featured in all my most recent posts - but with colour manipulated. </p><p>The first is the artist's book <b><i>High Rise</i> </b>that I mentioned in the
<a href="https://charltonstitcher.blogspot.com/2021/09/brunel-broderers-at-lansdown-galleries.html" target="_blank">last post</a>.</p><p>This book includes a short piece of text hinting at the destruction of ancient ways of life which can occur when large modern cities proliferate without sufficient control over building and with limited respect for those already living there, perhaps for millennia. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Soaring shapes
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shards of hardened steel and gleaming glass storeys high clean cut</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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symbols of a future secured at cost the land ignored<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">These were unfortunately photographed in the gallery and behind glass (apologies!) which has reduced the definition.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>These pieces can all be seen in The Lansdown Gallery in Stroud up until (and including) Sunday 19th September. Details are given in the side bar of this blog. </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-87258530535751539852021-09-13T12:17:00.016+01:002021-09-13T19:26:09.468+01:00Brunel Broderers in Stroud<p><a href="https://brunelbroderers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brunel Broderers</a> is currently showing work in the Lansdown Gallery, Stroud, under the title <i>Inhabit.</i> Details of the exhibition can be found in the side bar of this blog. </p><p>Members work in a variety of methodologies, although embroidery is generally at the centre of what we do. On show this time, there is a mix of wall work of different kinds and 3D installations. There are pieces on paper and card as well as on cloth. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Miniature Reflections </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A series of labels each with applied printed and cut card circles and part circles</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Brunel Broderers is a group of textile artists and embroiderers (currently numbering 5) based in Gloucestershire and surrounding counties. I have now been a member for three years, although the group has a long history. It is always a pleasure to exhibit with them. </div><div><br /></div><div>There will be more work to come in future posts ...<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div></div>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-48986874836991635112021-08-11T23:20:00.005+01:002021-08-19T14:43:50.518+01:00Exhibiting in Stroud, Gloucestershire <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-G0H-T10Q5SGziuLhY0QWn1dTW4m4r-6fJHPu3N0QAdm-qYcfC9rFnXwnU5wFB1kotw41vtoQQs4_bjxBL6qm85-afK89R6-5iZxsT54BrHy3EGZM8sAXZ4QzMZukMmLXXbR82GYNlGj/s800/Green-poster-2-narrow-margin-web.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="567" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-G0H-T10Q5SGziuLhY0QWn1dTW4m4r-6fJHPu3N0QAdm-qYcfC9rFnXwnU5wFB1kotw41vtoQQs4_bjxBL6qm85-afK89R6-5iZxsT54BrHy3EGZM8sAXZ4QzMZukMmLXXbR82GYNlGj/s320/Green-poster-2-narrow-margin-web.gif" /></a></div><p>I may have been silent for the last few weeks but I haven't been inactive. Although textile work has had to share time with much needed meet-ups with family and friends and escaping to a family holiday cottage in Scotland as soon as we were allowed to do so under Covid regulations, I have been busy making work for this exhibition with the Brunel Broderers. We will be at the gallery in Stroud from 8th to 19 September. </p><p>It has been such a strange time for everyone. My stitching and art work have been a mainstay for me during all the restrictions. Most important has been the focus provided by this exhibition. The theme of <i>Inhabit</i> has encouraged me to make a varied response and has resulted in work both on paper and on cloth. </p><p></p><p>As so often, my work has been developed from overseas travel (not of course possible recently). I have written much on this blog in the past about my trips to Sydney, Australia, and Vancouver, Canada. Both of these vibrant modern cities continue to intrigue and fascinate me with their dramatic modern architecture, high-rise office blocks and many reflections.These buildings have provided rich scope for me to develop abstract digital imagery through manipulation in Photoshop. </p><p>But behind its outward appearance, there are hints in the work at the destruction of ancient ways of life and possible damage to landscape and archeology when modern development proceeds largely unchecked.</p><p>The exhibition shows new work from all the members of the group. More details of the approach adopted by each member can be found on our blog at <a href="http://brunelbroderers.blogspot.co.uk.">brunelbroderers.blogspot.co.uk.</a></p><p>We will be stewarding throughout and look forward to welcoming anyone close enough to come.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-8164968876631071832021-05-31T22:52:00.002+01:002021-05-31T22:52:53.171+01:00Making changes, joining and finishing off<p>Why does it always take so long to finish off a piece of work? It doesn't seem to matter if I'm working with paper or fabric, or with print, photographs or mainly in stitch. It always takes me longer that I expect to get everything how I like it. </p><p>The <a href="https://charltonstitcher.blogspot.com/2021/04/modelling-in-cardboard.html" target="_blank">Tower piece</a> I first showed as a small maquette in April, has needed many changes to the individual images that make up the final tower. This sort of piece in particular seems to evolve slowly. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFlQMlMiWEzEAR814Ewnq_rSLQeWEdBUlH9SN4G3vRzbhZFQbA1iFgwEPIwWkvgV47Xt464YeBWyxr4i1UAYrmri8umCnvMG6BCm5A5dCsHL-pcm8s_mHKxw-iZcYIgo-YMvcvOGPSI_P/s800/Tower-Group-final-layout-1.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFlQMlMiWEzEAR814Ewnq_rSLQeWEdBUlH9SN4G3vRzbhZFQbA1iFgwEPIwWkvgV47Xt464YeBWyxr4i1UAYrmri8umCnvMG6BCm5A5dCsHL-pcm8s_mHKxw-iZcYIgo-YMvcvOGPSI_P/s320/Tower-Group-final-layout-1.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p>Since this is a 3D hexagonal piece with no practical possibility of printing the whole in one go at A3 size and then joining down one line, I'm considering several joins. Do I print out the separate strips of tower images in threes so I have only to make two sets of joins on the opposing sides of the piece, or do I print them out separately and join each one to its neighbour which makes it much easier to cut out the look throughs which are an integral part of the piece but may result in a distracting forest of thread ends? </p><p>Next, I'm pondering how to make the joins to best effect. The options would seem to be joining with thread, with bent staples to reflect the metal structure of the original building, or using tape or small cardboard joins on the the inside of the piece. The card option seems clumsy and can be seen when looking down inside the piece and bent staples have practical issues as they are difficult to do consistently and the card can easily become damaged as photo 3 below shows. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</tbody></table></center></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The image was printed onto a fine cotton groud using my Epson P600 printer with its archival inks. It was generated from a photograph in Photoshop Elements, folowing, as usual, much manipulating - repeated layering, cutting, resizing, discarding and repositioning - and many changes in colour and tone. <div><br /></div><div>The threads being used in the stitching are single-colour DMC stranded floss in a restricted colour palette to echo rather than control the colours in the image and to blurr the whole as in a reflection. Stright, precise, vertical running stitch is being used throughout to mimic the precision of the building's structure. </div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p></div></div>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-37231853390242536102021-03-22T12:42:00.000+00:002021-03-22T12:42:10.154+00:00Book making<p> A work-in-progress accordion style book on the high rise buildings theme ... ...</p><p>Front to which I will add words (a few)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K7GDmwKTMmQBFXqTvZfa5IOvQJMCBjgjWlnQw5FhycRuF167pCQG6ed6ox06cu5mJfjzEY52AXWR_Wdt9iADXBdykLcaco3BEAfi80WOPKvog4Wruj28nN4oXzd1nvxRNVbz5H4iG28E/s640/Book-for-blog-1aweb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="640" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K7GDmwKTMmQBFXqTvZfa5IOvQJMCBjgjWlnQw5FhycRuF167pCQG6ed6ox06cu5mJfjzEY52AXWR_Wdt9iADXBdykLcaco3BEAfi80WOPKvog4Wruj28nN4oXzd1nvxRNVbz5H4iG28E/w579-h221/Book-for-blog-1aweb.jpg" width="579" /></a></div><p></p><p>Back to be presented as is (probably). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl9J9aeHBh_XhZnMLMAayDolm4tYSIythZ2VhfqThzK2ipmGzINvx2GX_sqSCXRKK76l03wBbGI417tWq9OaTfSJSkV2FlEnXHz0CxUg0bAmnZtaIARk7ADhozmhrKoWZylgkNDZ5bODd/s586/Book-for-blog-2aweb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="586" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl9J9aeHBh_XhZnMLMAayDolm4tYSIythZ2VhfqThzK2ipmGzINvx2GX_sqSCXRKK76l03wBbGI417tWq9OaTfSJSkV2FlEnXHz0CxUg0bAmnZtaIARk7ADhozmhrKoWZylgkNDZ5bODd/w573-h229/Book-for-blog-2aweb.jpg" width="573" /></a></div><p>All images were generated in Photoshop Elements as is my usual practice, with much cutting and repositioning of layers, resizing and recolouring. </p><p>There is still much to be worked on - words to be added, size and final format to be decided ... and I'm really not sure about those little punched holes, especially and distractingly visible against good light in these photos. </p><p>Blogging and then looking with the critical eye of the viewer not the creator certainly has its purpose!</p><p><br /></p>Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-8606967059073683992021-03-19T22:33:00.000+00:002021-03-19T22:33:00.581+00:00High rise surprises<p>I've been working further from an <a href="https://brunelbroderers.blogspot.com/2020/02/towards-inhabit.html" target="_blank">image posted</a> last year at the very beginning of explorations for <i>Inhabit, </i>Brunel Broderers' exhibition in Stroud later this year. During a visit to Sydney, Australia, a few years ago, I saw and photographed this striking high rise building a few years ago just behind Darling Harbour as I passed by on the top deck of a bus. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Above and below, various accidental motifs seem to be appearing. Irregular vertical and horizontal lines of ink develop from the roller and circles or near-circles from a brush with both the ink or the acrylic paint.<br />
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Playing as I do, I took small left over cropped pieces from larger abstracted photgraphic images and rolled acrylic paint over them selectively with a narrow paint roller (brayer). As I was finishing, I rolled the remains of the colour onto strips of an old white cotton bedsheet from my mother's house - this was all about using up left overs, after all! I then experimented.<br />
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I stitched a small square from the pile of painted croppings onto the cotton sheeting and added some other rows of stitching to add extra texture. It was interesting how much the parallel stripes of rolled ink suggested the high rise buildings from which the small photographic image had come. They seemed to have come full-circle.<br />
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In this, it was interesting how strongly the black elements in the photos came through the ink creating depth and a quite different and less static effect which I may explore further.<br />
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I found this card in my stash of images yesterday afternoon when I was searching for intriguing images by other artists to include in my current sketchbook.<br />
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It is called <i>The Quilt</i>, which seemed appropriate, and is an original wood engraving by <a href="https://www.woodengravers.co.uk/artists/hope-fiona/">Fiona Hope</a>. Further examples of her work and that by other members of the <a href="https://www.woodengravers.co.uk/">Society of Wood Engravers</a> are to be found <a href="https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk03ELLBVHjhdF7UD-SVKrwgK_94a1Q:1586024401802&q=Fiona+Hope+wood+engraver&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC_cuosc_oAhXUesAKHSBfDg0Q420oCnoECAkQGA&biw=1024&bih=678">here</a>. I think I bought the card when I was in Scotland and paid several visits to the studios of artists in Aberdeenshire who were exhibiting in North East Open Studios a few years ago - but that may not be the case as I'm not organised enough to annotate my cards when I buy them!<br />
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The card has a decidedly textile feel to it and I was fascinated by the range of marks so I set about recreating them with a black Uniball Signo roller ballpen on white paper (thereby inverting the images). I dotted, cross hatched and created thick and thin vertical and diagonal lines and arcs within a hand-drawn grid.<br />
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Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-83261592011242217732020-03-30T19:37:00.000+01:002020-03-30T19:37:43.129+01:00Ancient and Modern<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm working on a larger piece of work combining images of modern high rise buildings with suggestions of what existed before. There is explanation in the <a href="https://charltonstitcher.blogspot.com/2020/03/ancient-circles.html">last post </a>of what is in my mind.<br />
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Here, I've used heavily abstracted and very much enlarged croppings from photos of high rise buildings in Sydney, Australia, taken on a trip a few years ago. I've made marks over and around these images with a fine black Uni marker pen using circles and dots.<br />
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These marks suggest possible stitching once the main images are printed onto cloth. Alternatively, I may want to incorporate images printed onto photographic paper into the final piece as this better suggests the shiny surface of plate glass.<br />
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I know from past experience that this will give me problems if I want to stitch. It is extremely hard work to stitch through good quality photographic paper and stitches have to be quite far apart so that they don't create perforations or merge into one another and create undesirable holes!<br />
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Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-78162933887471063872020-03-27T21:52:00.001+00:002020-04-05T11:48:45.574+01:00Ancient circles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been stitching circles.<br />
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Circles (usually signifying meeting place, campsite or water hole) and dots (indicating the presence of sacred information not to be shared) are extremely common in the art of Australia's Aborigines as they explore their heritage in a modern context. The <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=australian+aboriginal+symbols&sxsrf=ALeKk02QUQSkvnAP4UBgMjGAKp0aOfpQ1w:1585250526122&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=GqmxYgSSmGA2OM%253A%252C-7XxxvRq2JMniM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSy06X4_3mcNzIXcTiBw4Zx0k8tbA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiS-_Sz7rjoAhWwWhUIHZEXAsEQ9QEwCHoECAgQPQ">simple symbols</a> such as dots and circles, were originally used for sand paintings, to explain things, and in cave paintings or on tools. Often these symbols have different meanings depending on context and local tradition.<br />
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I've been exploring and then experimenting to find ways that these symbols can be represented in stitch for work I am developing. I've included here a sample of the pieces. In each case, I've grouped and interpreted them to suit my own purpose.<br />
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Below, this whole grouping of circles means star. Again, I've interpreted the image to suit my own ends.</div>
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Before the arrival of Europeans, Australia's Aboriginal languages were purely spoken and there was no cultural history of writing. Instead, there was huge reliance on complex oral histories and rich 'dreamtime' recountings to pass on their culture. Now their modern artwork, often on a large scale and using acrylics, uses these symbols to represent their rich spiritual life and their beliefs, their ways of living, their surroundings and the animals and birds that live in their lands.<br />
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I find their work fascinating and dramatic - and like nothing else I have ever seen.<br />
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Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-28068430154842551932020-03-18T17:04:00.000+00:002020-03-20T15:27:28.444+00:00Tate St Ives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We had a trip to west Cornwall last week, before we learnt first hand the full implications of social distancing and isolation and the frightening need for it.<br />
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We visited <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3qzzBRDnARIsAECmryrKMQSWWZtCQ7p_XojIclBG9-kQ986ERUqAPspZI7ysXaaIyDYh47UaApiREALw_wcB">Tate St Ives</a> - something we had been wanting to do for some time. The gallery is not large but there was so much to admire. For someone who enjoys modern abstract art as I do, it was fascinating.<br />
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What made this collection particularly interesting for me was the strong connection between the place of St Ives and its artists and their work. Most had close direct connections to the town and to West Cornwall and either worked with or were friends of Ben and Winifred Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth.<br />
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The work in the gallery is drawn from the Tate's own collection and highlights the national and international significance of the historic artist community that continues to thrive in and around the town. There was work to be seen by many well-known 20th century names - Terry Frost, Henry Moore, Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko, Bridget Riley, Naum Gabo (more of him in another post) and, of course Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson. There were also a pleasing number of new-to-me names whose works were also shown.<br />
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I've chosen a slightly random selection of works of both kinds that caught my attention and appealed to me for one reason or another. For some pieces, I enjoyed the pleasure of coming close to previously unseen work by favourite well-known artists. For others I've posted, I was attracted from across the room to work by an artist I couldn't give a name to but yet felt a strong impulse to consider more closely.<br />
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Firstly, some internationally known names:<br />
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This lovely, delicate little maquette by Henry Moore was made in 1950. It was a model for a much larger bronze sculpture made for Glen Kiln Sculpture Park in Dumfries and Galloway till its theft in 2013. This has very special memories for me as I visited this lovely place with my mother as a teenager in the early 1960s and we saw this and other impressive sculptures. It is a very vivid memory for me and I was delighted to relive the visit through this maquette.<br />
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Sir Terry Frost's abstracts always appeal to me. It's so often the black and white and the simplicity of the images that call me in and this one was no exception.<br />
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Here, an early work by Mark Rothco. His use of luminous layers of colour always fascinates me,<br />
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And now, a pair of works by Dame Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson who worked together for almost 20 years, and were married for 13 years. It seemed appropriate to post their work side by side.<br />
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And lastly, a small selection of works by new-to-me artists or those whose work I knew of but had rarely seen. Each of these called to me from a distance as I walked around the galleries.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Roger Hilton: 1954 Kenneth Armitage: People in the Wind Alberto Burri: </span><i style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Sacco e Rossi </i></center>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Peter Lanyon: Construction William Scott: Berlin Blues Paul Lanyon: Levant Mine Ruins</span><br />
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It seems we just managed our visit to Tate St Ives in time. The gallery closed yesterday because of the Coronavirus.<br />
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Such crazy and worrying times! I hope these images will bring you some cheer in a very small way.<br />
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Very careful stitching involving counting threads and keeping to straight lines along the weave of the cloth are all most unusual for me.<br />
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But it seemed a good way through stitch to explore the geometry of modern high rise buildings.<br />
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This page from my art journal explores elements of the strips shown above the stitching. These strips were found in photos of office blocks taken in Sydney and Vancouver which were manipulated and cropped to bring out line and shape in the reflections.<br />
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This time, I was most interested to exploit what I saw using black and white thread.<br />
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Charlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-3154811535654676202020-03-01T14:54:00.001+00:002020-03-01T14:54:23.450+00:00Hand stitch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A welcome break from my computer has resulted in this stitched sample made in spontaneous response to the strip of white cotton, the small area of appliquéd silk and to the growing stitch on the ground cloth. There was no pre-thinking or planning. I just grabbed some small pieces of fabric, found some suitable threads and off I went.<br />
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But of course, as I stitched, things crept into my mind. I couldn't avoid hints of the shapes I've been finding within the reflective glass walls of modern buildings and of the colour palette seen there.<br />
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