June 20, 2010

poppies 03


batik on silk with embroidery
48 x 68 cm

During the poppy phase I had tried one out on silk.  Not completely satisfied, because of too many crackles , I had kept it aside with the idea of trying out embroidery at some point.

So : my second attempt at embroidery (well, simple running stictches really), + the use of beads.
Quite fun to do.  It's good to try things out :)
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experimenting with back-lighting the batik.

2 comments:

  1. Poppies are my favourite. I don,t know how but we had them in our garden in winter. They are so fragile looking but yet so strong.
    I liked this one, but just the natural batik is for me the real thing to admire. Nothing can add to it.
    But do experiment!

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  2. Boo! The overstitching and coloured threads add a new dimension to it!! Mixing techniques and effects take it further...very nice visual effect!!!

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