Properties & Qualities
Application
Art
Qualities
3D, Colourful, Textured / tactile
Colour
Black, Blue, Earth-colour, Green, Grey, White
Sample Information
Date of creation
30/03/2019
Dimensions
25cm x 20cm
Weight
0.4kg
Culture & Context
| I created this piece inspired by musuem collections. As you can see I’ve included a photo of the embroidery next to some real beetle collections that belong to the University of Dundee. Some of the insects depicted are based on real insects such as the Picasso beetle (Sphaerocoris Annulus) and the Hercules Beetle (Dynastes Hercules), while others are fictional. |
Process & Production
| I created this piece in my second year of art school. The white outline you can see is gel pen, I was yet to discover water-soluble pens. This piece is almost entirely made with a satin stitch using a single thread of DMC thread. When I was done I was told I wouldn’t be able to frame it as framing at my art school was only for final-year students, so in a desperate attempt to have it framed for marking I made a frame from air dry clay and painted it black. This attempt was clearly not appreciated enough as I only got a C. This piece took two months in total. Overall I’m still very proud of it, but I’d like to find a way to clean up the pen and get it properly framed as I feel these imperfections subtract from the piece. |
Recipe Details
DMC thread on Calico with air dry clay frame.
Credits
Craft Maker
Angharad Jones
Library Contributor
Angharad Jones
Photographer
Angharad Jones
Practitioner
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