Roanna Wells at Waterperry Gardens additional info

Roanna’s site, with photos (did we neglect to describe this elegant, minimalist, calligraphic and atmospheric work?)
Don’t ask me how it’s possible to be all of the above, just take a look:
http://www.roannawells.co.uk/roannawells.co.uk/solid%20air.html
At Waterperry:
http://www.artinaction.org.uk/event_demonstrator-details.asp?ref=13&artref=489

P1020027 Roanna Wells at Waterperry Gardens Art in Action

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Originally uploaded by Karnataka10

Rosanna Wells – Best of Best in Art in Action Show at Waterperry, Oxfordshire, UK July 2009 which Mary and Hoonie visited together. this girl has just finished her 3 year Art course at Manchester this summer and won Best of the Best.
A one to watch – we suppose!

[Hoonie & HP]

Petrapiece by Hoonie Feltham

Originally uploaded by Karnataka10

“This is a piece I made in 2007 and exhibited in an Art Show in Oxford, England that year.
It reflects my response to a visit to the World Heritage site of Petra in Jordan. Petra was built by the Nabbateans around 2000 years ago in a long, deep gorge in a mountain range. The buildings are shallow, mainly one room deep, carved into the sandstone rock face. People may remember the scene of an extraordinary building in Raiders of the Lost Arc. That is the main building facing you as you walk down the ’siq’ (gorge).
2000 years has caused the sandstone to weather into highly colourful lines of pinks and purples which I have tried to replicate in my piece.
The embroidery of the weathered sandstone is placed between two pieces of dupion silk onto which I have machine embroidered the ziggurat shapes carved onto the faces of most of the buildings in Petra.
The piece sold from that exhibition.”

–Hoonie Feltham

Before Breakfast: A Merit Badge Inspired by Lynda Barry

I stitched this patch before breakfast this morning. I’m reading Lynda Barry’s What It Is.

Merit Badges at Gallery Hanahou

Here are my three merit badges for the show at Gallery Hanahou:

If I Only Had a Brain

If I Only Had a Heart

If I Only Had Some Guts

Embroidery Show at Gallery Hanahou

The Forget Me-Not embroidery show at Gallery Hanahou in SOHO opens Feb. 6.

Beadwitched Earrings

Beadwitched Earrings

Beading Daily has published the instructions for my wirework witches. They are available for free from now until October 27, 2008.

Flocked Beads Appear in Beadwork Magazine

Customized Color Flocked Beads

Beadwork magazine published my hand-colored beads in their October-November 2008 issue. All you need is some of these oval flocked beads you can buy at Michaels or JoAnns Fabrics and a selection of felt markers, some fine for detailing. A colorless blender also comes in handy to get a wet-on-wet effect.

Medieval Embroidery Research

I’ve been in a research frenzy the past few weeks, following my interest in medieval embroidery via the books I picked up in England last year, public libraries and the web.

I’ve just about finished my crewel piece, The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It’s a little too large for my scanner bed and I haven’t gotten it photographed yet. I also haven’t decided if the related medallions will be attached separately or stitched onto and overlapping the main panel.

I’ve discovered a number of great resources that I will pass on. I will be creating “static” web pages so that the resources will be easier to track for those doing parallel work.

What I’ve been doing

Here’s a snippet of The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

a crewel embroidery I’ve been working on for over a year now.