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Unseen forces: Chesil

Inspired by the South West Coast Path and the sea, this work explores the unseen forces which shape our fragile coastline. Shifting and changing constantly with the tides, after a storm everything is different, unrecognisable. A whole beach can be built and destroyed in a season. My process reflects this: the slow rhythmic hand stitching is meditative and echoes the ceaseless ebb and flow of the waves, whilst the subsequent unpredictability of painting and dyeing totally transforms the work.
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Materials: Antique linen, cotton duck canvas, linen & cotton thread, wire, rust, Indian ink, emulsion paint and Procion dye

Process: Hand stitch, couching and machine stitch onto fabrics marked with Indian ink and rust. The resulting textured surface is painted with emulsion paint, then coloured with Procion dye

Size: diptych 177cm x 107cm

(Private collection)

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