Hand Embroidery Textile Art - Student
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The final brief of the year was called ‘Celebrating Beauty in the Grotesque’. This was set with the <strong>Hand</strong> and Lock competition in mind. I am interested in how death was dealt with in the<br />
past. My research led me to the Egyptian mummies and a book called Heavenly Bodies by Paul Koudounaris, about skeletons found beneath Rome in 16th C and believed to be martyred<br />
saints. I was inspired by the patterns made by the wrappings of the mummies and also intrigued by the mummification of animals, especially cats, to accompany the deceased into the next<br />
life. The Heavenly Bodies book contains amazing images of skeletons dressed in rich textiles and jewels displayed in catholic churches across German speaking Europe. I was inspired by the<br />
grimness of the bones against the beautiful jewels, gold and rich textiles. I used these two themes as inspiration to design my headpiece. The techniques I have used are hat making,<br />
appliqué, laser cutting, bead embroidery, layering, couching and fabric manipulation. The small animal bones I used in the design were ethically sourced from nature.<br />
TEXTILE ARTS<br />
STUDENT CATEGORY<br />
ALISON MYERS
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