Scholarship

Newest project – a floor piece of stitched stone chunks resting on a base of breeze blocks.

First mock-up in a corner of the studio.

I don’t know what the piece is about yet but I keep being reminded of a visit made to Athens donkey’s years ago and seeing how the (modern) paviours had incorporated ancient stone fragments  into the paths around the Acropolis.  I don’t know if they’re still there, or what I’d think of them now if they are.  The working title for this piece might be “The Ruins of Athens”.

Some ideas for stitches.  Purchase of new equipment (currently on order) will facilitate drilling stitch-holes in these thick stone chunks.

While sitting in a car park at Loch Lomond waiting to discuss plans for the 2008 quilt show  I was struck by the markings on the ground and how suggestive they are of some of my own stitched work.  Originally I had wanted “The Ruins of Athens” to be arranged on shelves like a museum exhibit, but looking at these markings gave me the idea of putting the stones on the ground or a low plinth.

After my meeting I went on to Killearn to give a talk to the Strathendrick branch of the Guild.  They were a lively group and Killearn a lovely place with a village hall that looks like a church.