It turns out we were in for a treat, as Lynn was talking about the box that she made for her City and Guilds Diploma in Design and Craft Stitched Textiles (Embroidery). This wasn't just any old box though. This was an embroidered bookcase more than a metre tall and incorporated the most ingenious techniques. These are just some of the elements which were included.
The roof was made up of stylised digitised peacock feathers.
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| Lynn Haith - The Antithesis of Serendipity - roof detail |
The 'lid' was actually a double door, which was framed with embroidered pillars.
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| Lynn Haith. One of the doors featuring eminent Victorians |
The interior of the box held exquisite hand made books containing all the research which had gone into making the box. It also held some very special treasures which you can see just the start of in the image below
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| Lynn Haith. Part of the interior of the box |
I would hate to spoil the surprise, but it's unlikely that the blancmange curve will ever feature in any other Embroiderers' Guild talk that we have.
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| Further details can be found from Wikipedia here |
The use of conducting fabric to create the final unexpected surprise was just the icing on the cake (or maybe that should be blancmange). This was an inspiring talk, and it was wonderful to be able to view close up such wonderfully inventive work executed to an incredibly high standard.
In other things . . .
Our July meeting will be at Huntington Community Centre from 10:00am to 1:00pm and will form part of the National Day of Stitch. (The June meeting is still at the Methodist Church)
More information about the exhibition has been added to the Exhibition Page.
This is just a taste of some of the works that will be in the exhibition
Thank you, Diana. It was a real pleasure to visit York EG, show my "box" and meet your enthusiastic members. I hope to see everyone again some time.
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