Another interesting consideration when looking back over my work in the last fifteen years or so is just how 'stuck' I have been on monochrome non-counted embroidery - particularly the Elizabethan style. I love it so much, but I do think I need to work a bit more on exploring other techniques. I'm going to challenge myself to try it. New skills will enhance existing ones, and it can only enrich my experience. Obviously (as embroidery takes so long,) this will be a long term project, but it is one which I am looking forward to. It might give me confidence to try some of the bigger 'dream' projects I have been thinking about for years.
This thought-thread made me think that I should go back and review some of my very early work so that down the track I can compare it to where I am now. A lot of the pieces were done pre-digital camera, so there are no photos (or at least no good photos) but it will be nice to do a review in a year or two and see how far I have got with the challenge. I've also noted that I haven't taken pictures of things that are not finished, and there are a lot of those.
(These headings are the categories that the Worshipful of Company of Broiderers of Lochac cover.)
Couching, Laid work
Beading, Pearling
Metal thread work, Purl work
Canvas work, including Slips
Applique
Cross stitch, including Voided work (Assisi)
Counted Thread work
Raised work, Padded work
Quilting
Whitework (not Hardanger)
Blackwork/Monochrome
Other
Construction sewing
Needlemade lace
Filet lace
Non-counted thread embroidery
Applique
Coptic embroidery and pre 1000 AD work.
Woolwork e.g. Bayeux Tapestry
Opus Anglicanum
Or Nue, Lazurtechnik
German counted work
Heraldic Embroidery
Elizabethan Embroidery
Canvas work, Table carpets, Slips
Polychrome Elizabethan Embroidery
Costume Embroidery
Embroidery for Household Linens
Sooo very many napkins! I won't show them all
Embroidery for Regalia
There seem to me to be an adequate number of non-monochrome pieces here, but I don't know a lot about embroidery and there could be worlds of other techniques you have yet to explore.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are a lot more areas to explore. I'm quite excited about it!
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