Peace

Linda J. Doyle

Original acrylic painting with hand embroidery and embellished with beads and crystal. Hand embroidery and the use of beads to create the body of the dragonfly.

Temari Balls

Sylvia Dresser

Thread wrapping, hand stitching. Temari balls originated as children’s toys. Today they are a Japanese art form.

1 + 1 = 3

Sylvia Dresser

Coiled basket, hand embroidery and beading. I have had many opportunities to collaborate with wonderful people, coming up with outcomes that were greater than the sum of us, hence 1+1=3.

Pomegranate #1

Sylvia Dresser

Fuse hand dyed fabric, embellished with beads and hand embroidery. I have always loved pomegranates. Symbolic in many cultures, they are also now said to have health benefits. My mouth waters at the sight of this one!

Autumn Lies Upon the Land

Sylvia Dresser

Basketry fiber wrapped with wool yarn, embellished with beads. I love the colors of autumn. When I saw this handspun yarn in a store on Washington Island, I immediately knew I wanted to make a basket with it.

A Study in Contrasts

Sylvia Dresser

Machine pieced, hand quilted, hand embellished with beads and embroidery. There is a marked contrast between the apparent emptiness of the desert and the cultivated, orderly landscape of the Vineyard. One has to look closely to find both the hidden treasures of the desert and the wildness within the cultivated land.

Walt

Mary Jo Eckhart

Hand embroidery using strand-able silks on vintage family table linen. Although I’ve stitched for many years, I never thought I could stitch a face. This portrait was created in a class at Arrowmont taught by the awesome Lauren DiCioccio. One of my classmates writes for a British embroidery blogger. “Walt” has been featured on mrXstitch.com

Ascension

Mary Jo Eckhart

Silk paper making, applique, canvaswork stitches in a variety of threads. The design is based on a Saanich Shaker dance costume that is in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. My original photo was distorted on the computer and the shapeused was isolated from the resulting image. The colors used areContinue reading “Ascension

Mary Jo Eckhart

In Loving Memory …

Mary Jo Eckhart

Created in Anne Kelly’s NSNG summer seminar class. My maximalist artist friend was my theme. Box was collaged from bits of her original art, cherished mementos, and papers from handling the administration of her estate. A very therapeutic process.