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Shattered Rainbow

 75 x 17cm

Exhibition time! And there always seems to be a last minute rush to finish pieces and get them to the gallery on time. Held at the Old Bakery on 8th Gallery in Maylands, Perth, the exhibition runs till the 19 September and showcases 116 pieces of contemporary textiles and machine embroidery by 22  members of the  long established '84 Group'.
What I love about this art form is that there are no rules - anything goes if it can be stitched, applied, woven, manipulated etc.... So the possibilities are endless. Titled 'Shattered Rainbow', this piece which sold at the opening, includes a lot of intensive free motion embroidery and variety of natural and synthetic fabrics. But the fun part of it was incorporating coloured acrylic squares that were stitched into place with small squares of plastic sheeting. Not quite your standard stitching technique, and apart from breaking a number of needles, it did give the piece quite a bit of bling.
I will take more closeup photos at the gallery and post them next week, as this image does not do justice to the way the pieces fall vertically from the top  and then collapse to horizontal at the bottom, with the stitching emphasising this movement. I did enjoy making it though, along with my other pieces of textile art on show.