A couple of weeks ago I started thinking about a new piece, of embroidery I wanted to get going on and thought instead of stitching another flat piece what if … I made it 3D. Well that got me going, It was actually a hugely intimidating, thought. For WAY Back in childhood I tried my hand at sculpture and … well.. it is fair to say Failed miserably. But sculpture has always been something I love a seek out in galleries or I read about the famous works of Barbara Hepworth, Emily Young and of course Henry Moore.

So contrary to my past practice I thought perhaps I should take an old piece of work and see if I could make something 3D. I was not going to call it sampling… that would be too radical but I was going to try my hand first before I committed to something new.

And I love it! I loved the concentration and passage of time that happened as I reworked the piece… my pandemic heavily stitched linen made using an abstracted colourful photoshopped photo. I’m sure I’ve shown it to you in previous entries. It may also be in the fabric gallery, I think I called it stream… but now I think the vessel that has materialized in its stead will be called Water… All the time I was stitching I was singing in my head a song by Ava Parnass, Alex Forbes, & Eve Nelson, sung by Hayley Westenra.

“ you are water, on a hot summer day,For a thirsty daughter who is finding her way You are Water!”