This stitchery exercise is from a small detail of lichen on wall 1 where I endeavoured to show the way the colours blended into each other. Every stitch was made using two threads in the needle to achieve a subtle blend of colour, but I feel the thinner threads did not work as well, or...
Shape observations and first stitches
The first observation of wall 1 is taken from the different coloured textures as this is one large block of stone, but I thought the differences showed up as shapes in their own right. I used some paper I had made ages ago which I thought nicely reflected the textures. This is the second wall...
Initial studies in France
We spent a week in a gite in the Charente area of France. This was part of an old farm complex where there was an abundance of beautiful old walls. I loved the variation of colours in this piece of stone work – weather worn with different growths of lichens and mosses. This close up...