"Blue Guitar" has gone into Bilston Art and Craft Gallery in the exhibition "On Yer Mettle". The hanging was yesterday and it opens on Saturday 26th August.
The theme is based around metal, although the phrase means be "ready to take action". All around this area there are currently exhibitions celebrating the birth of Heavy Metal Music which happened in this area with bands like Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath - all Black Country boys, many of whom had worked in metal factories and foundries locally.
Some of the exhibitions celebrate the music, whilst others are about the industry of this area mostly up until the 1980s.
The quilt upon which it is appliquéd is made from recycled fabrics again - lace, silk and cottons, some of which is dyed with rust.
Oh yes - to get an idea of the size of it here is 9 year old Isabel "playing" it before the appliqué began!
The exhibition runs 27th August - 24th September 2011 - heres a link
Other news is that Linda and Laura Kemshall's online creative sketchbook course has now opened and I am looking forward to some peace when they go back to school, in between work, to get down to that.
Here are some wonderful seed heads (it's an addiction) from the Love In A Mist flowers I grew in the garden. Love those shapes...ripe for drawing!
That looks a lovely exhibition space Clare. Good luck with the exhibition. Sadly I won't get across there.
ReplyDeleteNice to hear from you Julie - thank you for your good wishes - and wowza you are a quick commenter!!
ReplyDeleteThe guitar looks great hanging in that lovely space. Good luck with the skechbooks course. The nigella seedheads have feature quite a bit in my C&G sketchbook. They are so lovely and for some reason are bigger than ever this year.
ReplyDeletenice that so many people will get to see your guitar. and i do love your feather as well.
ReplyDeleteIsabel does a mean "air guitar"! Your artwork is wonderful. I am just amazed at the incredible creativity it took to create this. I was hoping to take the Kemshall's course, but it will have to wait until next time. I admire their work so much and wish you much success in your coursework. The nigella seed heads are wonderful. I dislike how they have taken over the garden, yet I love their blooms and pods. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteHi Clare. Love the guitar. Hope it's well received at the exhibition. Here's a link for Portuguese stem stitch, although I learnt it from Yvette Stanton and Prue Scott's book, Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature, which has some other really nice stitches in it as well: http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/10/embroidery-stitch-instructions.html. I'm loving using this stitch, hope you do too. Kelly
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece, and it looks fabulous in that exhibition space. Having married a Black Country boy, I am surprisingly knowledgeable about rock bands and guitars ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh that has to be a good feeling! Love in a mist is one of my favorites...
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous finished and I really like the depth the little quilted circles give to the background.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to have your guitar (which is very clever and creative) shown. Great feathers and fabulous harvest.
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