17 May 2010

Garden birds

Had a hard end to last week in my head! very lost with the direction of my work, all felt to bitty for my liking. Ive had a few 'off the wall' ideas which Ive noted down and that fired me up a little but still current things felt lost! UNTIL I returned to what I love best of all, British garden birds! a poster in my sons room reminded me to re focus on whats right under my nose, my embroideries with birds have so much more potenial and there so much more to try out ! and now of course I have an ever growing supply of naturally dyed bits of silk and cotton! put 2 & 2 together and you get garden birds ( if your me!)
 details of garden bird stitches, more on my flickr page
I plan to make all of the common british garden birds and maybe a few summer visitors.
At the moment they arent framed, Ive stretched them in hoops and that looks good but I would like to play with framing them in other ways and see if I can make a coherent series from them! maybe to try and show somewhere? maybe not. I also like the idea of a huge flock piece ? so we will see.
but the fire is back in my belly so I'd better just keep on !!

12 comments

  1. oh i luv these birds u made! so lovely, and spring!

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  2. thank you , and your so right 'spring!' maybe thats what was wrong with my head it hadnt adjusted season yet!!

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  3. Ahh, they are charming + very good... I like how the blue hangs loose a bit + the red face mask sticks out just a little...

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  4. Ger, I like those things too. Hoorah for the return of the birds Jenny, you do them so well. Other sparks will come out of this work and take you in new directions when you're least expecting it ;)

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  5. These are stunning in their simplicity, just wonderful, so flowing.

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  6. These are so wonderful. I love what you have created! Jamie V in MT

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  7. Marvellous. I love how the colour strays slightly over the edges.

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  8. oh my i love your creativity. you should feel very proud of yourself they are amazing. when i see something that totally takes my breath away with such simple insight i know there is the soul of an artist near by. you have that soul never get discouraged they are so beautiful. thank you for sharing

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  9. thanks everyone for your lovely comments!
    Barbara r-g you have brought a tear to my eye! (in a good way)xxxxx

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  10. Your birds display a very sensitive affinity for you subject! Beautifully done...and the colors are as soft as bird feathers!

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