Stirling Work
August 29, 2007
The University of Stirling was the venue for this year’s Embroiderers’ Guild Scottish Branches Summer School. I ran a workshop exploring the possibilities of stitching with unorthodox materials, and students brought with them a variety of things to experiment with including driftwood, old electrical circuit boards, pocket watches, a shoe, nuts and bolts, tree bark - even the rusted remains of an old wheelbarrow!
Danger! Embroiderers at work!
I know from experience that the only predictable thing about these workshops is how unpredictable everyone’s work can be……
Appliqued wheelbarrow rust
Wrapped slate shards
Pine bark strip
Slate box
General view of Student’s work
General view of Students’ work
General view of Students’ work
All in all a very successful workshop. Congrats to all!
August 30, 2007 at 5:44 pm
I wish I could see the peices closer to! They look really interesting.
August 31, 2007 at 9:52 am
Hi Clyde,
Lovely to see the work, especially from the first group. I’ve just put a link to this site on my blog along with pictures of the work I did in your class. Hope you get some more visitors as a result.
Love your work it looks great.
Happy drilling I mean stitching…Both!
Moira (the evolving badge!)
August 31, 2007 at 10:11 am
Hi Anna – the work was really interesting – unfortunately there just isn’t room to show it all here!
August 31, 2007 at 11:02 am
Hi Moira
You are a dark horse not telling us about your blog!
I’m putting a link to it in the my next posting ‘Postscript to Stirling’, as well as a link to Maggie Grey’s blog, whom I’ve discovered by reading yours.
I think your work looks great – hope to see more soon
Clyde
September 5, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Hi Clyde,
Yours is the first blog I have ever visited and I think its GREAT. It is really interesting to see your work at various stages.
The workshop at Stirling was wonderful, quite liberating – thank you very much.
Cheers,
Fiona
September 6, 2007 at 9:28 am
Hi Fiona
Glad you like the blog and enjoyed the workshop – I enjoyed it too!
Hope you are going to keep on stitching
Best wishes
Clyde