Friday, November 25, 2011

Upcycling vintage.

Again a different style to my shabby work.

These 2 were being worked on just before the February quakes and

its time they reappeared. :)



This first one was worked on a very distressed vintage piece that I rescued.



I used a sketch of some metal flowers .

Sorry no photo of them.












This second piece was made from scratch with layers of

calico, then teabags, tulle and a strip of fabric.

Stitched with perle cotton.








Slightly bigger than an A4 page.



As per usual, I havn't

decided how to hang/display these.

Not interested in that part.

Its the stitching that rules the roost. :)

I still have the Glory Box that I had as a teen and its

filling up rapidly with my work.Plus a rolled up stack AND a vintage art folder full of embroideries and needlepoints.



My creations dont need a reason to be made. I just have to do it.

Is anyone else like this??



Happy hoarding



Phillipa

Monday, September 19, 2011

Background Play

Playing with backgrounds again.
Close-ups are always fun.







Slowly-Stitching

Phillipa


Monday, August 29, 2011

Back grounds for Contemporary pieces

I tend to make up background pieces from time to time just for the heck of it.Some may never get used.






Slowly Does It

Phillipa





Friday, August 12, 2011

Stitched Bird on Rust Cloth

Birds are very popular these days and sooooo.



Photographed in 2 different lights.
My little birdy has the white feather under the chin for the NewZealand Tui.
No plans for him just yet.
Stitched for the pleasure of stitching. :)

Slowly Stitching.
Phillipa

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Rust in the Snow

Christchurch doesnt get snow very often, but the other day we got heaps.
Here is my rusting area slowly reappearing.

Rust never sleeps. :)

Phillipa


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Rust with Tins

I flattened a couple of tin cans
and got these lovely rusty stripey lines on calico.
all my rusting is done on various weights of calico. 



And from the lids I got this on a seperate piece.


Dont ask what I'm going to do with them. I just love making the marks. Every single piece I do come out differently.I love it.

Happy Rusting

Phillipa