tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15370043637298748102023-12-15T02:17:32.391-08:00the glass pinglethe glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-25736109863425177242023-09-04T07:54:00.003-07:002023-09-14T03:56:10.207-07:00Trace<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_814weG1Fw1ARP08QO1zIAzcKDwevLeqecxys1EXM-ArH_lhYof9Pm8AA4_UO6M_KvL0XYcmEWxBE6jB6w5RELo6UZKp6RJN7IWL98XE7nyB4v0jpw5C1yY4kVftv9OaEUaDFVVXSa1sOAYIqKZpQup1ZZ2VclZwKgjpyUo3hljKF-sx-qH7XXooq1Hum/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_814weG1Fw1ARP08QO1zIAzcKDwevLeqecxys1EXM-ArH_lhYof9Pm8AA4_UO6M_KvL0XYcmEWxBE6jB6w5RELo6UZKp6RJN7IWL98XE7nyB4v0jpw5C1yY4kVftv9OaEUaDFVVXSa1sOAYIqKZpQup1ZZ2VclZwKgjpyUo3hljKF-sx-qH7XXooq1Hum/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p> In his book 'Underland' Robert Macfarlane says<p></p><p>'sometimes, in fact, all that is left behind by loss is trace - and sometimes empty volume can be easier to hold in the heart than presence itself'</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislsBedhQbewA0LIZi5HAIYzk0yRX5z5eEHhZsKCuVZV4MVYVz3PIvWS_9TsR47HwYt5XpnL9qqjj2bc9EoNzhVScaHRPZsZM9feSG7WVNaTRQ_BxlDJJSCfctrtuVT2Sh3Ov4c5KFHRcAyfUKguKoZ2-8ZIEWas7VyN-7HWBu-hI5GFboYi9cU119NUIc/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislsBedhQbewA0LIZi5HAIYzk0yRX5z5eEHhZsKCuVZV4MVYVz3PIvWS_9TsR47HwYt5XpnL9qqjj2bc9EoNzhVScaHRPZsZM9feSG7WVNaTRQ_BxlDJJSCfctrtuVT2Sh3Ov4c5KFHRcAyfUKguKoZ2-8ZIEWas7VyN-7HWBu-hI5GFboYi9cU119NUIc/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This piece from Evidence consists of a ribbon winder card, the tattered remains of lace shelf edging, two old snail shells and a web of single stitch needlelace.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACV7gQMwjFoBTF45Mg62nLCcS5l6KVSWshFTOg2vxRoeAKYdYodvsN1a7ym7_J8c-KWzmhJZwt7jEqazpcdRxW2TqBJdXGUonHA86aXVoYsZAPGmO2kCGUIDE7TPblgtalFQP23kwxdH8vsSEeavL1h-uWB3km2CJCGoTYxTuc38WQtFd0iXPwuDPKNYI/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACV7gQMwjFoBTF45Mg62nLCcS5l6KVSWshFTOg2vxRoeAKYdYodvsN1a7ym7_J8c-KWzmhJZwt7jEqazpcdRxW2TqBJdXGUonHA86aXVoYsZAPGmO2kCGUIDE7TPblgtalFQP23kwxdH8vsSEeavL1h-uWB3km2CJCGoTYxTuc38WQtFd0iXPwuDPKNYI/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Trace%20%20%20%205.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> I have collected a lot of antique and vintage haberdashery over the past thirty five years. A lot was not really valued by the world until recently. I saw not just the quality of the material in the trimmings but also in the simple packaging; the winders and reels that ribbons were wound onto, the card mounts for buttons and even the thread that attached them...all good quality and yet discarded. I picked up my treasures for 10p or 50p, the prices often crudely written straight onto the paper in felt tip pen. <p></p><p> At my great grandmothers' home I found many more treasures and among them were packets of shelf edging which have paper lace borders to make decorate the shelves of larders and dressers. Many were untouched with pretty bands of paper to secure them but the packets that were opened I allowed myself to use on my shelves. Over time they wore away and like the old lace they emulate started to yellow and disintegrate.</p><p> Old empty snail shells do not last forever, I collect them from around the garden and use them on top of garden canes but was surprised to see that they fade. Always a collector of organic packaging, shells, seed pods and galls, to me they are just like the ribbon reels.</p><p> The web is a single Brussels stitch needlelace mesh made in the finest lacemaker thread I could find. I would have put a spiders web across them if I could but instead I made my own.</p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-67434851299886626482023-08-31T07:54:00.001-07:002023-08-31T07:54:00.141-07:00The Embroiderer's Crown<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVnCXYzRXsShgPeGKmb78eMqOx528Ph_5fyumYcrKw7-C2UFIDk4SjfOsvqRuDTfAt3GS0naDSu6FfyLQsHkAg9oe743rIRZOq8lYheFbs7hDPYg4zDhuXQGUQEvGsR-NVhM5plq2QAOrBR_LSRspiIigjj-sgsKf2QAHZfOCimBfP_h1cPfNLl83Tdi7/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Embroiderers%20Crown%20%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVnCXYzRXsShgPeGKmb78eMqOx528Ph_5fyumYcrKw7-C2UFIDk4SjfOsvqRuDTfAt3GS0naDSu6FfyLQsHkAg9oe743rIRZOq8lYheFbs7hDPYg4zDhuXQGUQEvGsR-NVhM5plq2QAOrBR_LSRspiIigjj-sgsKf2QAHZfOCimBfP_h1cPfNLl83Tdi7/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Embroiderers%20Crown%20%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All those needles I get through.... I save up all the ones that have gone rusty and found many of my great aunts' too and from them made a crown! An old ribbon reel which had a metre of paper wound onto it was pressed into service as the holder of the needles. When tools have done their job we should say thankyou.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU_rcJhzQ3xJR2ARBxtFl2MuOAiCsL4KEuO210FqLkncmScsxN8BwkXiDxwqjawGDSuOqpVg4jZxPNH6SCcPXqEGVcix_1iNiXhglRiDyNNiX9yvHyTxIRG0JouuZU_QMiUqN40k-G_T4g2X1fmwpjTxJwBTVBCh8gQ_s5y1JURV8B9XV01igbNw5u7Li/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20enbroiderers%20crown%20%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqU_rcJhzQ3xJR2ARBxtFl2MuOAiCsL4KEuO210FqLkncmScsxN8BwkXiDxwqjawGDSuOqpVg4jZxPNH6SCcPXqEGVcix_1iNiXhglRiDyNNiX9yvHyTxIRG0JouuZU_QMiUqN40k-G_T4g2X1fmwpjTxJwBTVBCh8gQ_s5y1JURV8B9XV01igbNw5u7Li/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20enbroiderers%20crown%20%20.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div> <p></p><p>This joins the other pieces made from discarded objects in the 'Evidence' series.</p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-56629395813040554722023-08-28T07:55:00.001-07:002023-08-28T07:55:00.155-07:00Grey Moth<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd23YAoQVD6CsoH1CQstBMkSlVC3ZBuj8VSkkDewp-Yl77iJEErMNqdBtIKGflj0fjxxDIkZtOPpnpdwX4HjjIQtLFu73o2_69mHhdRdmG1nQN28cM5BGU5TPg9I_Oi2tH4hlzA8LFgLHY_2PU15ZjXmukeWDbvY5R9UZa_140z2gdvJioKoVm8S3mI3S/s1600/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd23YAoQVD6CsoH1CQstBMkSlVC3ZBuj8VSkkDewp-Yl77iJEErMNqdBtIKGflj0fjxxDIkZtOPpnpdwX4HjjIQtLFu73o2_69mHhdRdmG1nQN28cM5BGU5TPg9I_Oi2tH4hlzA8LFgLHY_2PU15ZjXmukeWDbvY5R9UZa_140z2gdvJioKoVm8S3mI3S/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly13.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A little grey moth for a special occasion, commissioned to sit in a place of honour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWHq-kKickD4Ep_AadyFCE_7mg1nmSdg4cZXygR13n8PgAKhJMCqO4CwD66PmUcJdO1WWOBZE18upd_pKTgPPgurGGPACaJ6MfQDReMPg36RWmNqWEVfZGC4B_eLDDmFfTZCFZjwgsFOmhBXxGVeRoc3prkpT1M7XDD3i32JV9-DvVGHF9GHeba_m0F_Q/s640/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWHq-kKickD4Ep_AadyFCE_7mg1nmSdg4cZXygR13n8PgAKhJMCqO4CwD66PmUcJdO1WWOBZE18upd_pKTgPPgurGGPACaJ6MfQDReMPg36RWmNqWEVfZGC4B_eLDDmFfTZCFZjwgsFOmhBXxGVeRoc3prkpT1M7XDD3i32JV9-DvVGHF9GHeba_m0F_Q/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><p><br /></p> A complex cordonnet, wired for resilience and covered in a hand dyed grey cotton. The wings are what I think of as skeletal needlelace in that there is no infill between the veins of this creature's wings. The design was taken though from a peacock butterfly as the structure of the veining is very suitable for this technique.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JPFOr8Ym4PWG8_kNhojbMLAJvaxfPBkssbtwdm2aOatUT3a1THZ3tUQWr5s9zDWUlr2j9UgJuYrUbueVo2sdXpCp5GbYI_OfXY_q4f_bsm3RxYdnxxSwjhWs46Acm5VqH73oBvte6auKsBxnJijsnYHxxFCWusy0ofIbIXjEO2ldGjx1hPKITrTbXHbb/s1600/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly24.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JPFOr8Ym4PWG8_kNhojbMLAJvaxfPBkssbtwdm2aOatUT3a1THZ3tUQWr5s9zDWUlr2j9UgJuYrUbueVo2sdXpCp5GbYI_OfXY_q4f_bsm3RxYdnxxSwjhWs46Acm5VqH73oBvte6auKsBxnJijsnYHxxFCWusy0ofIbIXjEO2ldGjx1hPKITrTbXHbb/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly24.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The body was a tufty one, more hand dyed silk in Turkey stitch or Ghiordes knots with a secret design of gold initials amongst the grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYWRvnroYUr0qnA8ORqMchCn3j3jaXg3x7lMymBt5E9vL__zGBi81kPMVWpRcpaREH_UTObmYEMQ3axNKZIlU3qeSjUzxuUeHouOeqEWBzco1rOVb5tyqVICHN4Y0c5nVSuYYlRTa645LsvYJTpODyKQe94QGTa384-lu03THyPKNr50iVLJeibuOXksQ/s1600/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly25.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYWRvnroYUr0qnA8ORqMchCn3j3jaXg3x7lMymBt5E9vL__zGBi81kPMVWpRcpaREH_UTObmYEMQ3axNKZIlU3qeSjUzxuUeHouOeqEWBzco1rOVb5tyqVICHN4Y0c5nVSuYYlRTa645LsvYJTpODyKQe94QGTa384-lu03THyPKNr50iVLJeibuOXksQ/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly25.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">initials on the reverse</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyYKkqu92hpG3SfJ_J_krVzJOenwOMuZMZOeCBAZWhgyEwX4HIKE7F59SR-FOsO8i6TCMN6SoeJfk7TVFC4q4cd3ECzCTcK7MMsrutGSfyy_yWrCI3zTmmSZuueLuc_oukOubEORQCgnQrWhJjusHPX4PYBI_zFkrDuyhbUFLmLVSbjiuci6nfiwbzM7o/s1600/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyYKkqu92hpG3SfJ_J_krVzJOenwOMuZMZOeCBAZWhgyEwX4HIKE7F59SR-FOsO8i6TCMN6SoeJfk7TVFC4q4cd3ECzCTcK7MMsrutGSfyy_yWrCI3zTmmSZuueLuc_oukOubEORQCgnQrWhJjusHPX4PYBI_zFkrDuyhbUFLmLVSbjiuci6nfiwbzM7o/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p> After the body and wings were joined he was mounted onto a simple nettle shaped silk leaf and the stitches hidden by beading. The leaf was chosen for its appropriate shape under the wings giving just enough contrast to lift it out. It was nature's genius really though as the peacock butterfly lays its eggs on the underside of nettle leaves.<p></p><p>He fastened to a special dress by the simple ruse of a hair slide and there he stayed all day.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdsAMEx55myUrdsVqhjvBmWfIxmxSO5s1cEKYUkbEqBZXLQNIY5qJzJB5Kn49IuT2pId2qSCsUXLikDoiDGgo1Ji-OR7fR_6yonfXif7KGh-1W-yoL_tl0kuxhU2VM8XoqFzH1NNsYVsM1gT0gsydsQS5YzFhXoPD-uHIpB0spnhusqnVtF4zkEhkb-G2/s1600/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdsAMEx55myUrdsVqhjvBmWfIxmxSO5s1cEKYUkbEqBZXLQNIY5qJzJB5Kn49IuT2pId2qSCsUXLikDoiDGgo1Ji-OR7fR_6yonfXif7KGh-1W-yoL_tl0kuxhU2VM8XoqFzH1NNsYVsM1gT0gsydsQS5YzFhXoPD-uHIpB0spnhusqnVtF4zkEhkb-G2/s320/fleur%20oakes%20kate's%20butterfly14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">(I know he's supposed to be a butterfly but he was always a moth to me)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><br /><p></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-21351549882126932312023-08-25T07:28:00.001-07:002023-08-25T07:28:00.160-07:00Leave us not Little, nor yet Dark<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_vfqyDuFZlQYrxyODz8wfa3IYBN32g72h5O_HmMveTa9jJIwgBosg9S9x3VS0AleFXQcs-f9UNHikDeIxcAlLAjXnJigqkuVv7xYAV2iGyuIyhIpmn0PDKN1Qw4tzBV2sPt_iW2uoY83Up0_Ohs_78vdnfyyIxGsAJenf-kUmluNQCXDS2iggCDU6eNO/s1600/leave%20us%20not%20little5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_vfqyDuFZlQYrxyODz8wfa3IYBN32g72h5O_HmMveTa9jJIwgBosg9S9x3VS0AleFXQcs-f9UNHikDeIxcAlLAjXnJigqkuVv7xYAV2iGyuIyhIpmn0PDKN1Qw4tzBV2sPt_iW2uoY83Up0_Ohs_78vdnfyyIxGsAJenf-kUmluNQCXDS2iggCDU6eNO/s320/leave%20us%20not%20little5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> The second piece from 'Evidence' using the crewel work embroidery needles that I found in a 1930s pin cushion. I was aware that there were a few in there as I could feel the resistance when I put my own needle into the velvet top. As I massaged them all out there were more than a few and they were all the same type.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJzCMzahZ_rs3_sAtuJ8Od7syHzMB9BPRtZf8AY9DW9Wm-27TX_Q9f3sM3lbkZChWAnUCdRECzuYNOGFQfpTi-thbnKa4AlBcuTOsALZcsh8RV0DNIz89SD-rjHbo3KY5ckveRL0EqmQc3U7ZkBPYh0Aj31PMRn4I4yC34HMEm8Adz2-aIjX0NiKyhBMA/s1600/leave%20us%20not%20little3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJzCMzahZ_rs3_sAtuJ8Od7syHzMB9BPRtZf8AY9DW9Wm-27TX_Q9f3sM3lbkZChWAnUCdRECzuYNOGFQfpTi-thbnKa4AlBcuTOsALZcsh8RV0DNIz89SD-rjHbo3KY5ckveRL0EqmQc3U7ZkBPYh0Aj31PMRn4I4yC34HMEm8Adz2-aIjX0NiKyhBMA/s320/leave%20us%20not%20little3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> The previous owner had also been an embroiderer but of crewel work. I decided to honour her needles by mounting them onto paper as they would have been when new. I then used their eyes as a cordonnet and made a simple piece of needlelace or stumpwork. My needle was then left on the end of the last strand of heavy silk buttonhole thread.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWilMs-ckpdcd2mg8Rpnoz6YOKFqIrxxd_phQzk9PTUx2m_yhT6pdpujxil8Crq7S0f1nDl5EeZi-37KEg55OsGz-sBWp33DoirCPqIcu8lZ-nbX0TXT-Y5Jn48tPoZH7TjNLbr6-IocxNM75zeWVx1yZRJ6wIT5hqIcepEq_aOWSlQekC5Jx7QKVBQllE/s1600/leave%20us%20not%20little1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWilMs-ckpdcd2mg8Rpnoz6YOKFqIrxxd_phQzk9PTUx2m_yhT6pdpujxil8Crq7S0f1nDl5EeZi-37KEg55OsGz-sBWp33DoirCPqIcu8lZ-nbX0TXT-Y5Jn48tPoZH7TjNLbr6-IocxNM75zeWVx1yZRJ6wIT5hqIcepEq_aOWSlQekC5Jx7QKVBQllE/s320/leave%20us%20not%20little1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p> The mounting is a glassine envelope, so often used by stamp collectors, and inside is a collection of empty used envelopes. They are all addressed to the same man and date from WW2 up until the 1960s, some being sent to him whilst on active duty.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bdg9thvOHsCFh7zTUbkd_ns4hJCnnr0iJ_KFvnCIQ0L96DwOV_OI2Tq2MaYOrB-_hyXvxqE99a7fljI0PQa-RkEXFKXMLSoMlIh95NA25KdtgicNBVctxrZzWYQuKyhhswfJ4CMG0vMsPFXyoszHsLT_YNerS9jBC314F4iKe8EAsE5VGD30RA_nbdT4/s1600/leave%20us%20not%20little%20envelopes%20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bdg9thvOHsCFh7zTUbkd_ns4hJCnnr0iJ_KFvnCIQ0L96DwOV_OI2Tq2MaYOrB-_hyXvxqE99a7fljI0PQa-RkEXFKXMLSoMlIh95NA25KdtgicNBVctxrZzWYQuKyhhswfJ4CMG0vMsPFXyoszHsLT_YNerS9jBC314F4iKe8EAsE5VGD30RA_nbdT4/s320/leave%20us%20not%20little%20envelopes%20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The title is a quote from the BBC production of John Masefield's 'The Box of Delights'.</div><p></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-16208313139772204092023-08-21T07:28:00.000-07:002023-08-21T07:28:06.528-07:00Thus in the Winter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfiFAIYIxCigQ4Exfp5kuLrognbRveltLIWzgAfaaoEZBIAJJ9freURnpmKDMN1iVxxIcshtgSpJ97yMwjCZcgKqTf6xq3wukbYJltDHbLfQot8bM26H5AZu1D6zwoi_tmYQM4phhZhXNe3uK5bdUjRq1XCAXaPN0-e0u-sFQiZycoZoqfkgdNLIVPuij/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfiFAIYIxCigQ4Exfp5kuLrognbRveltLIWzgAfaaoEZBIAJJ9freURnpmKDMN1iVxxIcshtgSpJ97yMwjCZcgKqTf6xq3wukbYJltDHbLfQot8bM26H5AZu1D6zwoi_tmYQM4phhZhXNe3uK5bdUjRq1XCAXaPN0-e0u-sFQiZycoZoqfkgdNLIVPuij/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p> A new series of work called 'Evidence' using antique discarded ephemera, this piece is an embroidered antique silk hairnet. The net itself is a work of art as it appears to be handmade, the silk filaments being split to create the mesh. It came to me wrapped in faded tissue paper and so I have embroidered over the net and through the paper.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgortRABWyowXewX6OACXonLrW7YRTEbZuS4phnSQsAyQxNt3IvgRIWw9E-LVaxf33MCZ-4-p4mM-FrncZ4pChNBr5SxEbBDUupruMFnHR5WUigxpTw7NTx3lWrCadz8DB4YY-ByoK2JaI-3kRf5XH-sDwJKWlxqm8n2r5Ra7uEHravLJE4XlvTieVx157q/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgortRABWyowXewX6OACXonLrW7YRTEbZuS4phnSQsAyQxNt3IvgRIWw9E-LVaxf33MCZ-4-p4mM-FrncZ4pChNBr5SxEbBDUupruMFnHR5WUigxpTw7NTx3lWrCadz8DB4YY-ByoK2JaI-3kRf5XH-sDwJKWlxqm8n2r5Ra7uEHravLJE4XlvTieVx157q/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the split silk strands</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVglo0FZ9FC9_eu_DDE3831inAAPrqpZG7BE2J7wwiHTqrrDnOzkT_7Zxka8bmM3oyFf0bVv_E8Hje4dLImka6RXJAzTSoLwUpCEokROKkYdoFgKwgEEGN8Yv7sYkknVrpBQ1F0x00fSfYt97CcU7qnLhOqsbzM3aZxzw9wBm_MxTsY-lZ8_tFM-ePq03/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVglo0FZ9FC9_eu_DDE3831inAAPrqpZG7BE2J7wwiHTqrrDnOzkT_7Zxka8bmM3oyFf0bVv_E8Hje4dLImka6RXJAzTSoLwUpCEokROKkYdoFgKwgEEGN8Yv7sYkknVrpBQ1F0x00fSfYt97CcU7qnLhOqsbzM3aZxzw9wBm_MxTsY-lZ8_tFM-ePq03/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a drift of french knots I inserted some 'mudlarked' pins to stabilise the tissue. The pins are at least C19th and very probably much much older.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKecznxO4MjXfwlgnS7lRjJOtMT2CyQjY5un4hZrsaiLRJEBmRC0PObKwpGU5r5ofuGhJvynG-4n1_N-CXX9iHBcsKmUGi9lRUgCOswFFem6VJOFFooK89cOpLYIeN7ak5-mxk6PJ2upUDBeCGZDdPHuo0zbqykIUyMkx09I94cGIoKF6eUBN9ElBMvqu/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKecznxO4MjXfwlgnS7lRjJOtMT2CyQjY5un4hZrsaiLRJEBmRC0PObKwpGU5r5ofuGhJvynG-4n1_N-CXX9iHBcsKmUGi9lRUgCOswFFem6VJOFFooK89cOpLYIeN7ak5-mxk6PJ2upUDBeCGZDdPHuo0zbqykIUyMkx09I94cGIoKF6eUBN9ElBMvqu/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%204.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have a passion for such fragile and transient items; the hairnet, pins and paper are all disposable in their way and yet they are such personal items. Anything that is handled as much as these things carries memory and I like to catch that last gleam of energy from the previous owner.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkNf-29N4JRjxIfeMjvNhuURHPRVr9vOLP3_u8qKX2Tp80Y1wHryGrsfIybmjmNS0Rt7A7CbqUWZQrrQ0MXJ1w3Sa2lknPKi18b4p60Y_fsD8EtYlA2URPqSyTmqCol0b5ysOclWTFZ5vHKbA6PllxCu2WnyURVzi5SPrGGAdsV3RnH318y0ZoVjvrSxY/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkNf-29N4JRjxIfeMjvNhuURHPRVr9vOLP3_u8qKX2Tp80Y1wHryGrsfIybmjmNS0Rt7A7CbqUWZQrrQ0MXJ1w3Sa2lknPKi18b4p60Y_fsD8EtYlA2URPqSyTmqCol0b5ysOclWTFZ5vHKbA6PllxCu2WnyURVzi5SPrGGAdsV3RnH318y0ZoVjvrSxY/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%205.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div> </div><div>The title is a quote from the Edna St.Vincent Millay poem 'What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why' (1923)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAQZsRgi5CNm8dE-LLfo_SGOa1UvTr6E2fc6ILjWL0tL7HNJJJmwQTX3YdvgpLS_w4puR8k7dCWPxvwBjeqf9dmoGigS5wl5hEo4-HdTU-zRRA2EA6Cuu1wixDsD9AkI9SIPEEL7MpV-xfCb5pwIyZHN0dDLafEDdiDSI38ne7OcVYU-swvsfyr690Jog/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAQZsRgi5CNm8dE-LLfo_SGOa1UvTr6E2fc6ILjWL0tL7HNJJJmwQTX3YdvgpLS_w4puR8k7dCWPxvwBjeqf9dmoGigS5wl5hEo4-HdTU-zRRA2EA6Cuu1wixDsD9AkI9SIPEEL7MpV-xfCb5pwIyZHN0dDLafEDdiDSI38ne7OcVYU-swvsfyr690Jog/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20the%20tree%20in%20winter%20%206.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><pre class="wp-block-verse" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2d3748; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing); margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.5em; text-wrap: wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier 10 Pitch", Courier, monospace;">
</span></pre></div><div><br /></div>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-44966438609063571262023-08-16T09:58:00.004-07:002023-08-16T09:58:44.368-07:00Angel of Eternal Life<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TLnpiH-IlSXF-q6zSZkYYlnncTsMgbQf8427pcOggxk7wIPw6MeuAbs6mekA8ekOIOGTdRYAq9n3fgN3o07p-Xpr2sUqwQmRSn8rLhNmfk8qqUtNAs9OeYGaXiambaKC4sokWvKudAjhe2WyBOKDy8b_rlI7tmftVfFuGLOHqihd2b_JZvBgC6KwMyDK/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TLnpiH-IlSXF-q6zSZkYYlnncTsMgbQf8427pcOggxk7wIPw6MeuAbs6mekA8ekOIOGTdRYAq9n3fgN3o07p-Xpr2sUqwQmRSn8rLhNmfk8qqUtNAs9OeYGaXiambaKC4sokWvKudAjhe2WyBOKDy8b_rlI7tmftVfFuGLOHqihd2b_JZvBgC6KwMyDK/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2015.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"> At some point in the early C20th Edmond Bordeaux Szekely claimed to have discovered and translated lost gospels from the Bible called the Gospels of the Essenes. In the second gospel Christ describes fourteen angels and their tasks</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">and I was very taken with the beauty of the descriptions. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Many years and several version later I have started a series of needlelace pieces reflecting on the angels and here is the first, the Angel Of Eternal Life.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrbrpeCsQORe1o3P5r2tcBWuWMup8nf6RCXTx9V6a6WEV5a95OaRW_eMnmCmEOk8OVNQRTDhONr9sgNtbK777Ajy8m5ovaQs9mMez_r5zfWorNrqA_0VYbyYj23ewYtSnnGWQ2B-QvI4bESoB0c7fkeWHDGwRqzYOhe7iOwt6ZmtvWQRTZIYNE4QeHjTB/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrbrpeCsQORe1o3P5r2tcBWuWMup8nf6RCXTx9V6a6WEV5a95OaRW_eMnmCmEOk8OVNQRTDhONr9sgNtbK777Ajy8m5ovaQs9mMez_r5zfWorNrqA_0VYbyYj23ewYtSnnGWQ2B-QvI4bESoB0c7fkeWHDGwRqzYOhe7iOwt6ZmtvWQRTZIYNE4QeHjTB/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2019.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p> My inspiration is often from nature and this time it is the lace lichen found in California, Ramalina Menziesii. A hanging lichen which grows in the most extraordinary shapes, no two are alike, their looping web shapes are intricate and full of wonder.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBvHQ30YU1ziMxob5G8TB7fmQ1HMrti3r05AzVHhlGh0tlhb617iWJ8SfZ5YkNRIlvlzileR0ISPxFc2-Y5DTC7JLlcm9n01SfJ4GrmqeHUAWXDkUEeGBAgu--CFIUz-PMuSlKWaUowWVGuuufLD2IWVt2_TFcnX4Z5V0VO3Cb7fDOfZnCkb0XCLP5A6_/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBvHQ30YU1ziMxob5G8TB7fmQ1HMrti3r05AzVHhlGh0tlhb617iWJ8SfZ5YkNRIlvlzileR0ISPxFc2-Y5DTC7JLlcm9n01SfJ4GrmqeHUAWXDkUEeGBAgu--CFIUz-PMuSlKWaUowWVGuuufLD2IWVt2_TFcnX4Z5V0VO3Cb7fDOfZnCkb0XCLP5A6_/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2020.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p> This piece is about 20x20cm and is made in hand dyed silks. From start to finish about fifty hours work, it took an hour just to unmount the lace from the backing. It has a pleasing 3D effect as it was designed in the round and so hangs from any point in a curl.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0n_JDwSQg7HwPDI-6tkz2f6jvlK9rhD6nWirZYa4AGRzH2vRcDsFk1PXd8y2q1QjsCLrVO3HGDeRMMx3Zrf-nx6nyIu3uFTLKz3PhLCNy2N8A96wv_EjUkX8DE-d-yRTRMAXQfHPQHjqu3P3c5KuJ4uhkaqHyypO_nvhHbvi4gI-VtA3svDlyOYTLkNPK/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0n_JDwSQg7HwPDI-6tkz2f6jvlK9rhD6nWirZYa4AGRzH2vRcDsFk1PXd8y2q1QjsCLrVO3HGDeRMMx3Zrf-nx6nyIu3uFTLKz3PhLCNy2N8A96wv_EjUkX8DE-d-yRTRMAXQfHPQHjqu3P3c5KuJ4uhkaqHyypO_nvhHbvi4gI-VtA3svDlyOYTLkNPK/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2021.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p> The design started life several years ago as part of another piece, still in progress, and it was an epiphany when I realised that it should be entirely separate. It quickly came into being after that which goes to show that some ideas take a long time to brew before you get the right one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObmVCpYeU-BDrfW7oUxQ6q2kVdO25hVkPlC1q2yFL-2soDOiPDgAvmxKPtVw-uXjenJCi1NCQ0JA3YMHOXeK4rvLu79_XDz_rjOVxOkkfAxTo4yuJDlNFmZdcnFOoNR0Su2KoPrDxBf5B7d104sJ9K4bqtTVJ2abUzcLwI7j-TcXTVVH1jDOuxxEypzkv/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObmVCpYeU-BDrfW7oUxQ6q2kVdO25hVkPlC1q2yFL-2soDOiPDgAvmxKPtVw-uXjenJCi1NCQ0JA3YMHOXeK4rvLu79_XDz_rjOVxOkkfAxTo4yuJDlNFmZdcnFOoNR0Su2KoPrDxBf5B7d104sJ9K4bqtTVJ2abUzcLwI7j-TcXTVVH1jDOuxxEypzkv/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Angel%20of%20Eternal%20Life%20%20%2022.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Angel of Eternal Life,<p></p><p><em>Here and now</em></p><p><em>Is the mystery revealed.</em></p><p><em>Here and now</em></p><p><em>Is the curtain lifted.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><a href="https://essene.com/GospelOfPeace/peace2.html#AngelOfEternalLife" target="_blank">link for the angels here</a></p><p><a href="https://baynature.org/article/if-the-green-stuff-in-the-california-trees-is-not-spanish-moss-what-is-it/" target="_blank">link for information on the lichen here</a></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-3702627345640769632023-08-11T09:49:00.001-07:002023-08-11T09:49:00.145-07:00Half Sick of Shadows<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFLHja2Sy7h4JpjCnXqZJBkkta1m4o_8YKWW9cCLl38SyQjnUGYpTjtmeyUiNLPb4pCdXgTHCDhIH9kv1W_JazK621RKd3XLfau_NjFhFVZdkrxzLWY_AKWHwz0idwJMcJgMMJLk6A0Vh41a4-Hfj7JeWaUVw0S0nmz9MSr3WOGs-V5XCZAKeE8hE_Pik/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows25.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFLHja2Sy7h4JpjCnXqZJBkkta1m4o_8YKWW9cCLl38SyQjnUGYpTjtmeyUiNLPb4pCdXgTHCDhIH9kv1W_JazK621RKd3XLfau_NjFhFVZdkrxzLWY_AKWHwz0idwJMcJgMMJLk6A0Vh41a4-Hfj7JeWaUVw0S0nmz9MSr3WOGs-V5XCZAKeE8hE_Pik/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows25.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> It seems so long ago now but the impact of lockdown on people who live alone was intense. I began a project called "Forget-me Not" and some of that has already been documented on this blog. Somehow though this piece got left out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In essence it is a medieval style hanging book containing photographs of friends, selfies that either show them in a mirror or holding an object that we have in common. Inspired by the story of the Lady of Shalott, doomed to always see the world via a mirror as she embroidered, I asked for a modern version for my almanac of touch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEAqHEYxE0Ets-P4iceeaiO1echywY6j9JbJuQRPomq2R3QBkG9PplZlR0za1n-4P2R49fbjiiJjLkF2ptnjzV1JplVi_VmmtX3UL347TALQOSmRPUpX4gMJ1C9aBiV6cX6aS86fW_yUc4rsMQoTic_DEb0LIDgElDSE1rn1XaAW375-OYuTrLJag9Z0H/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows24.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEAqHEYxE0Ets-P4iceeaiO1echywY6j9JbJuQRPomq2R3QBkG9PplZlR0za1n-4P2R49fbjiiJjLkF2ptnjzV1JplVi_VmmtX3UL347TALQOSmRPUpX4gMJ1C9aBiV6cX6aS86fW_yUc4rsMQoTic_DEb0LIDgElDSE1rn1XaAW375-OYuTrLJag9Z0H/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows24.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Hanging from a handmade lucet cord it is covered in linen embroidered with linen thread. The cover has two stumpwork mirrors facing each other, eternally reflecting each other over a single virus.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnyZwXa8nojYrgglLYOBz97n1e49P_oPd5tuDce4M5NKpp7Nlq5GVFuUYv4aF7Cyks57da2YetRb5e6I5wb64QMxUJ9InEu_KV8x1mQWJgePibgEZx9iS44zCOWXe8koKu_v1zNz_jaCjjnLtBE8dQJN1I5Ecq5YgIRUE6KvQhYTnnC9_C70SXFcQ745x/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows22.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnyZwXa8nojYrgglLYOBz97n1e49P_oPd5tuDce4M5NKpp7Nlq5GVFuUYv4aF7Cyks57da2YetRb5e6I5wb64QMxUJ9InEu_KV8x1mQWJgePibgEZx9iS44zCOWXe8koKu_v1zNz_jaCjjnLtBE8dQJN1I5Ecq5YgIRUE6KvQhYTnnC9_C70SXFcQ745x/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows22.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p>On the back, worked in Bayeux stitch, is the ancient image of the pelican pecking her own breast. As a symbol of sacrifice it usually has a nest underneath but here she is alone.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wTTHXCSyx6LWrVWIbQZj5QxiZ_9IauR5oy-frdSTtcz0RpxK8w6ni9x46iwPbCY9y0xc8BhSoVuuMcJebMwe-PjEu6KvHJoOHJZlMdhB3Ow0gnmDvtsKhZc9nI3Fj8sDqvIiVMIGY2Kk2C5EMs39sizb_8Js50P9EzO6CVPmGoArP5Ghh37q_ZhsL-Ur/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows19.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wTTHXCSyx6LWrVWIbQZj5QxiZ_9IauR5oy-frdSTtcz0RpxK8w6ni9x46iwPbCY9y0xc8BhSoVuuMcJebMwe-PjEu6KvHJoOHJZlMdhB3Ow0gnmDvtsKhZc9nI3Fj8sDqvIiVMIGY2Kk2C5EMs39sizb_8Js50P9EzO6CVPmGoArP5Ghh37q_ZhsL-Ur/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows19.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Once all the embroidery was done I printed and bound all the photos into it. Each page was folded in on itself in the style of these old books.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGY32ydi8fHWztK2mt9zOmOEWxFGDRu0cmWpW29CDfs_SpzR0rnBMNcxWNDoDiNiJRv63SMk4HILZCFVGS_kj6Jdo2fDM4c1yCCfExZxy_lvQV1a47_LSqCASezRwIv7fokGGihSJfZBvA9qiRojRZfi8rMrFR7Rk1ggWm5srlWanWE56PYC49DXvTp6G/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows11.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGY32ydi8fHWztK2mt9zOmOEWxFGDRu0cmWpW29CDfs_SpzR0rnBMNcxWNDoDiNiJRv63SMk4HILZCFVGS_kj6Jdo2fDM4c1yCCfExZxy_lvQV1a47_LSqCASezRwIv7fokGGihSJfZBvA9qiRojRZfi8rMrFR7Rk1ggWm5srlWanWE56PYC49DXvTp6G/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Half%20Sick%20of%20Shadows11.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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the endless reflection of self through lens and mirror surface.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj7n_kZm8aLsNWVP1mI0Yf6aoTljNAbrVPd-qHAmuIPgIWgVUplPxAXLL9zn4w5bo7q3UPJiGjd6sOkSTZUKwMBjNLZ6i5z8GptIAGiFK_aAB-PSWIoxYTgJ95V8fMImUkWXjgsPe12LzKqsTly1Z0De-jSZV3B3Eynk9gRGxaiESDSEF5m7vkaoz6jlR/s3264/Fleur%20Oakes%20no%20touch%20(13).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj7n_kZm8aLsNWVP1mI0Yf6aoTljNAbrVPd-qHAmuIPgIWgVUplPxAXLL9zn4w5bo7q3UPJiGjd6sOkSTZUKwMBjNLZ6i5z8GptIAGiFK_aAB-PSWIoxYTgJ95V8fMImUkWXjgsPe12LzKqsTly1Z0De-jSZV3B3Eynk9gRGxaiESDSEF5m7vkaoz6jlR/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20no%20touch%20(13).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-16732508899748053202023-08-03T07:29:00.001-07:002023-08-03T07:29:00.146-07:00Shop!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN8EiJSfX04hxftUlvKS-38A8ITIUMfTVF7zAX2ANyKehU6DqNfjIxBtsbqkISU3sgaIkErYl4hAUuBf1op7DMOQ5fQxy2OcIXZCsOHLlHbYmtsuUDfRyDd42QLUp7_Nwr71NPSmHNbsWGfhglp2awsY_w3LCyfnCWL2-K5FarjtdC3X4pJxLURB07zrB/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20lost%20and%20found%20plate1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN8EiJSfX04hxftUlvKS-38A8ITIUMfTVF7zAX2ANyKehU6DqNfjIxBtsbqkISU3sgaIkErYl4hAUuBf1op7DMOQ5fQxy2OcIXZCsOHLlHbYmtsuUDfRyDd42QLUp7_Nwr71NPSmHNbsWGfhglp2awsY_w3LCyfnCWL2-K5FarjtdC3X4pJxLURB07zrB/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20lost%20and%20found%20plate1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p> I have a new shop!!! <a href="https://fleuroakes.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">https://fleuroakes.bigcartel.com/</a></p><p>For all your embroidered objects and mossy thynges....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcD_svExuYZ6I48xEAhwPkg2QfOaJ7_VyG9CUJWF_jEqqdnu0y91SR3Z1kAFE8m1urnp8YN8_VKtzulUulCa024Z7WJ6Un2x9XlaM_hprgu9DxSD-zlvzZxB8c2-7iBV6jZVBB1NNG_yq4-7I5jBm6z_TMxMP6uxNsJttw_9c2w1xB6gEm4WO0WgAb67M/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20stitched%20suspender4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcD_svExuYZ6I48xEAhwPkg2QfOaJ7_VyG9CUJWF_jEqqdnu0y91SR3Z1kAFE8m1urnp8YN8_VKtzulUulCa024Z7WJ6Un2x9XlaM_hprgu9DxSD-zlvzZxB8c2-7iBV6jZVBB1NNG_yq4-7I5jBm6z_TMxMP6uxNsJttw_9c2w1xB6gEm4WO0WgAb67M/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20%20stitched%20suspender4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">embroidered suspender<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DmEANULN7Z3KHNXIgWnb6euRisqviEjMTjTKksjLmVMmbXU1FGv7ZoxD6qOe9PKWeg0YP-HeeHlIwWTnViLzDMSNLosyAyZDRrek1kqyWifUpjFjKCNPSLwY-EZ4MA9WPerfdUwpgZXY_oYO_iiNenuQYuqQZi_MTXt6RHSBDtGfrGlk1th95G9gCoGk/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Stitched%20Needle%20white4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DmEANULN7Z3KHNXIgWnb6euRisqviEjMTjTKksjLmVMmbXU1FGv7ZoxD6qOe9PKWeg0YP-HeeHlIwWTnViLzDMSNLosyAyZDRrek1kqyWifUpjFjKCNPSLwY-EZ4MA9WPerfdUwpgZXY_oYO_iiNenuQYuqQZi_MTXt6RHSBDtGfrGlk1th95G9gCoGk/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Stitched%20Needle%20white4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">darned needle<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3wd5V7EIceP9v4-bgbx5Xsk0ji3tZX_JboDGrmRK6p5uitlBsOf3DwS6dYOIKVVMfzo1IdL3BIFiEIYg6rBcKMiLVmVWhIyKyDatOPPaUHRNfOmmNjLXmqX3-1y0xFVDqKvlgQ1txVqtY0PahEbpAay25vaC7ZBozspRPkK6GGGNd14bKAlaMVsPIMJ5/s943/Fleur%20Oakes%20stitched%20thimble2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="943" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3wd5V7EIceP9v4-bgbx5Xsk0ji3tZX_JboDGrmRK6p5uitlBsOf3DwS6dYOIKVVMfzo1IdL3BIFiEIYg6rBcKMiLVmVWhIyKyDatOPPaUHRNfOmmNjLXmqX3-1y0xFVDqKvlgQ1txVqtY0PahEbpAay25vaC7ZBozspRPkK6GGGNd14bKAlaMVsPIMJ5/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20stitched%20thimble2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">embroidered thimble</td></tr></tbody></table><br />the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-71233873089607087312023-07-31T07:23:00.003-07:002023-07-31T07:29:03.843-07:00Deathtrap Staircase<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGvWLnw8ZYdFm62OuNa0UvwqHDTuDecbLB2G8UVA01s5-_-zXjYdtynsUrDXmMgesSXgFzREmrT9NEpXLOxooDkiupVAxePWQzqQqWtToMz2g-uEt72mRZlDpCRQP772Intrin5awNjWQA74q8k94TYEnJiSvM31aa8jpHKrvKuPR-c7WxuVk0TNmWQQG/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20the%20tears%20of%20things4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGvWLnw8ZYdFm62OuNa0UvwqHDTuDecbLB2G8UVA01s5-_-zXjYdtynsUrDXmMgesSXgFzREmrT9NEpXLOxooDkiupVAxePWQzqQqWtToMz2g-uEt72mRZlDpCRQP772Intrin5awNjWQA74q8k94TYEnJiSvM31aa8jpHKrvKuPR-c7WxuVk0TNmWQQG/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20the%20tears%20of%20things4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tears of Thynges</td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p><br /></p><p> I am no musician but nevertheless I decided about ten years ago that I was in a band, a conceptual band that made conceptual sounds. Named after the access to my studio 'we' spent over a decade collecting noises, some of them tangible and some of them that can't be heard by everyone. </p><p> Finally I have released them all on 78, with embroidered labels, and in the process realised that even a supposed hard format is in itself conceptual because without the means to play the disc we can only trust that there is sound. Luckily these 'recordings' are already in your head, some literally, and are therefore free to listen to and it is only the artwork that is lacking...</p><p>So hear I present my first album 'L'Aiguilles Verres'</p><p><br /></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsyr9ycj6zeK0-ylqKbr5OCzLjrOhhi2xVncNSmbHUc6Bw2xqz3vaBJR0JtUkOjiwpA92fq51t-a5LSd1j-jTOj_WSnd2c60yynXkPnnTgYzV1dtsJeLcAYLAkVTYfxH1xP-oKKQ8lcMolBRCSPZVRxoFlxP3xhk2XhGKRL-Rf6Ja71LNO8DyfOwT1qtb/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20tensor%20tympani1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsyr9ycj6zeK0-ylqKbr5OCzLjrOhhi2xVncNSmbHUc6Bw2xqz3vaBJR0JtUkOjiwpA92fq51t-a5LSd1j-jTOj_WSnd2c60yynXkPnnTgYzV1dtsJeLcAYLAkVTYfxH1xP-oKKQ8lcMolBRCSPZVRxoFlxP3xhk2XhGKRL-Rf6Ja71LNO8DyfOwT1qtb/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20tensor%20tympani1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tensor Tympani<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYomuXGWmZNyXSKc_zVq9WOSya1iyIMLYLOa2NNH-pt0beOKvp6W9WAFYpT2CPR-R2UrzhRB-U233mcnrjI78CsgC29oCjiGvKMOtWPClhsV5KCSA-M6yu7dKxXo79tIip3X-FWgoZ4Pt3rSIU5wBqI5F13-j4X95tIwAjVPBhdI9zDkTeC0wX9yYpMBz/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20purring%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYomuXGWmZNyXSKc_zVq9WOSya1iyIMLYLOa2NNH-pt0beOKvp6W9WAFYpT2CPR-R2UrzhRB-U233mcnrjI78CsgC29oCjiGvKMOtWPClhsV5KCSA-M6yu7dKxXo79tIip3X-FWgoZ4Pt3rSIU5wBqI5F13-j4X95tIwAjVPBhdI9zDkTeC0wX9yYpMBz/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20purring%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purring<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1O7YR_NK06ljvMYJW91VeJ-bCWD2gydCjOZessT_zQvB5wnuuirq62-nNweXsgg4V6jkNbH7xz9MmE6FyUgyXzLJpk6yZFsw2pOaNVSvjRA-Uxlb46wj-6hVN_lOxlTy_hcAKTTuBb1Y1G709OPqLtQd6IJCj09R4iHHLjSg6ViNlgiCgchmuTcKThnJ/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20pi%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1O7YR_NK06ljvMYJW91VeJ-bCWD2gydCjOZessT_zQvB5wnuuirq62-nNweXsgg4V6jkNbH7xz9MmE6FyUgyXzLJpk6yZFsw2pOaNVSvjRA-Uxlb46wj-6hVN_lOxlTy_hcAKTTuBb1Y1G709OPqLtQd6IJCj09R4iHHLjSg6ViNlgiCgchmuTcKThnJ/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20pi%203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pi<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadQcggLj1Et2NH2IR7pOpSbAh-XhOHa8H9Pyzng9WeWjB0jX3gOKJNuV9aWdWxyYuRYArhUeHNjnY8xmMnYeEhLWjYpXiSnO8uJRvDn5EEwlDU5xjQ4sROB3--1WMATtCmhHoblO1EOPFQgtmhlmCwrE21fXHMbuimoZM5Z2GtQDIImSxuVbtvFWCDV1c/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20internal%20screaming1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadQcggLj1Et2NH2IR7pOpSbAh-XhOHa8H9Pyzng9WeWjB0jX3gOKJNuV9aWdWxyYuRYArhUeHNjnY8xmMnYeEhLWjYpXiSnO8uJRvDn5EEwlDU5xjQ4sROB3--1WMATtCmhHoblO1EOPFQgtmhlmCwrE21fXHMbuimoZM5Z2GtQDIImSxuVbtvFWCDV1c/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20internal%20screaming1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Internal Screaming<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAad341JQC6de-AU1H84O_utaNiGAKAFJb2QahcPweyMbtRHR7ySp5jti9w3TvkKCbafeLQQefsO_FDIW3B3BWYa15QRBUiZ22_JdfvzuWIrEjlQncX-DVWAg4W3fTeTdZfq-Z1FbJ-iNjeJ7_TvHvM8wT4vrjBKcQlNdwgg69ZyneLJyRjjWpUJDXZip/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20embers3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAad341JQC6de-AU1H84O_utaNiGAKAFJb2QahcPweyMbtRHR7ySp5jti9w3TvkKCbafeLQQefsO_FDIW3B3BWYa15QRBUiZ22_JdfvzuWIrEjlQncX-DVWAg4W3fTeTdZfq-Z1FbJ-iNjeJ7_TvHvM8wT4vrjBKcQlNdwgg69ZyneLJyRjjWpUJDXZip/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20embers3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embers<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTYQyeC1J6K8PFVDh2hKRx9aT4M3EN-qvxVVEQEELYKq_tcDHmeMtIjXt0vJQIq86Y8idAa2zenUuGWml82VSNbHpZV-stQo2133kPv8GGI9LiwxsgJpslcvU8Q-uylsMJUaq4rK01lorgpOyxmo2YfJ3n3W_mwp_sHUSxv39sFsDRzIEiKJF3_Nmef7R/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20bloodstain%20soundwave%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTYQyeC1J6K8PFVDh2hKRx9aT4M3EN-qvxVVEQEELYKq_tcDHmeMtIjXt0vJQIq86Y8idAa2zenUuGWml82VSNbHpZV-stQo2133kPv8GGI9LiwxsgJpslcvU8Q-uylsMJUaq4rK01lorgpOyxmo2YfJ3n3W_mwp_sHUSxv39sFsDRzIEiKJF3_Nmef7R/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20bloodstain%20soundwave%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bloodstain Soundwave<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNVQ401JoXcw6BvwJpWly6QWxJ-dBSwqJUcdesvSzZR7AEDSlN5vfyuZTyOeuFjh6ecB36wteAjwlRXdfvIZXYVgVfDAi5AVSO_Ckog7hgnGouJ6JxRQArnjBC5z0vYOne1wvnXRZGe8QkUVKyd2CPFf0IIzFOE-heCu1jzO31QlKSZ26pHoUsmwub0HX/s1600/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20velvet%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNVQ401JoXcw6BvwJpWly6QWxJ-dBSwqJUcdesvSzZR7AEDSlN5vfyuZTyOeuFjh6ecB36wteAjwlRXdfvIZXYVgVfDAi5AVSO_Ckog7hgnGouJ6JxRQArnjBC5z0vYOne1wvnXRZGe8QkUVKyd2CPFf0IIzFOE-heCu1jzO31QlKSZ26pHoUsmwub0HX/s320/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20velvet%203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Velvet<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_L7wWCmMcCB0xzPnKpBnwx73DotcEXreCOIcxX0lOaKpzQOAclZJFnmn-ie-YAsoJn6JadgABMCJYYvoCUC6NxcRD06PODKoObP-RNFWNveiUt0CJwuejdAXxCIvayuS4kmABB2eTMXEZmWU-ndwnmhpJicdcX4XjN6fWsFRKQd9WpI4f4n0kM5Klb7n8/s1600/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20the%20tears%20of%20things%20remix2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_L7wWCmMcCB0xzPnKpBnwx73DotcEXreCOIcxX0lOaKpzQOAclZJFnmn-ie-YAsoJn6JadgABMCJYYvoCUC6NxcRD06PODKoObP-RNFWNveiUt0CJwuejdAXxCIvayuS4kmABB2eTMXEZmWU-ndwnmhpJicdcX4XjN6fWsFRKQd9WpI4f4n0kM5Klb7n8/s320/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20the%20tears%20of%20things%20remix2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tears of Thynges remix<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeFTK8Mt9WsZzcO33L7SxEnchMzNE5-XsZpQMxZVrzxDSFT1qE7zi2efSkMZIyCQmJmt5Iet2Bl2xVftngObBMRAxDynA6bmMhjwSYuJR_vBqf2kpn6pIYkvgnPlSuaAgcIWwPVqX_Z0mdTAdaOZ-p1OhsMYqYVxBtkv_KfEu50ALF53f7Uy8f3cEQ-5J/s1600/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20album2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAeFTK8Mt9WsZzcO33L7SxEnchMzNE5-XsZpQMxZVrzxDSFT1qE7zi2efSkMZIyCQmJmt5Iet2Bl2xVftngObBMRAxDynA6bmMhjwSYuJR_vBqf2kpn6pIYkvgnPlSuaAgcIWwPVqX_Z0mdTAdaOZ-p1OhsMYqYVxBtkv_KfEu50ALF53f7Uy8f3cEQ-5J/s320/%20deathtrap%20staircase%20album2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'Aiguilles Verres</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrmHmKHRkAT2opmiqokD4g-mmc-yrmQj0DzfBnqmzalivmzS5X_FOd4fifnseyVOtKkpzn2RQHawyBsEN_fwLMWTze6Y0f13UGZmLF4FW2yV1USCzw6YPN1tl8JK6s1F0dks9GVqJRlBXBCPbLvFSbHpPwS9JciMpHGAVm9ibQH7YBwG4nVrvA0pXZhk_/s1600/deathtrap%20staircase%20eustacian%20clicks.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrmHmKHRkAT2opmiqokD4g-mmc-yrmQj0DzfBnqmzalivmzS5X_FOd4fifnseyVOtKkpzn2RQHawyBsEN_fwLMWTze6Y0f13UGZmLF4FW2yV1USCzw6YPN1tl8JK6s1F0dks9GVqJRlBXBCPbLvFSbHpPwS9JciMpHGAVm9ibQH7YBwG4nVrvA0pXZhk_/s320/deathtrap%20staircase%20eustacian%20clicks.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eustacian Clicks (extra track)<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Tracklist:</p><p> 1.The Tears of Thynges</p><p>2.Tensor Tympani</p><p>3.Purring</p><p>4.Pi</p><p>5.Internal Screaming</p><p>6.Embers</p><p>7.Bloodstain Soundwave</p><p>8.Velvet</p><p>9.The Tears of Thynges remix</p><p>10. Eustacian Clicks (extra track)</p><p> </p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-24325741362685978992022-06-24T08:38:00.001-07:002022-06-24T08:38:00.185-07:00Baggage packed<p> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBNyf9uzrdpaa0g3DpYFW3VDFoQp44tvQxiIpplPnH6R84a0yjNKaUf9Eoye8UqyBo0h8pIrr7KMxIZreNfQgpVOTDUKqWBHgKkQo4-7A5skmYkeZiZS8wcHVLKO12xXYGcy9SVWLwdRJHqjxfQ802hdaq0LHrFeEYfgXczx77oMBMVNyjCO39z8oog/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Cultural%20Shifts,%20packed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBNyf9uzrdpaa0g3DpYFW3VDFoQp44tvQxiIpplPnH6R84a0yjNKaUf9Eoye8UqyBo0h8pIrr7KMxIZreNfQgpVOTDUKqWBHgKkQo4-7A5skmYkeZiZS8wcHVLKO12xXYGcy9SVWLwdRJHqjxfQ802hdaq0LHrFeEYfgXczx77oMBMVNyjCO39z8oog/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Cultural%20Shifts,%20packed.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cultural Shifts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>'just a little footnote to show how the mail order emotions are all packed and ready!!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcHwjY1GVZSur3mFbwHDiOHp_GoND7t4GDMUIrj17VvjMypdnNr4p7EJoPQSfLEzAMtGv6wydAMqEPXK1iiQT7OzUCbLucMtysy4QngXvQW-z_Sg3OR5EJ2EFIzPm-jgYRutWWly4GySbY54wUSiOw5haVEA92bcxwOENg0ytDH9tJzhwlSP0pDm43w/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes,%20packed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcHwjY1GVZSur3mFbwHDiOHp_GoND7t4GDMUIrj17VvjMypdnNr4p7EJoPQSfLEzAMtGv6wydAMqEPXK1iiQT7OzUCbLucMtysy4QngXvQW-z_Sg3OR5EJ2EFIzPm-jgYRutWWly4GySbY54wUSiOw5haVEA92bcxwOENg0ytDH9tJzhwlSP0pDm43w/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes,%20packed.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emotional Copes</td></tr></tbody></table><br />the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-70433485006615561922022-06-22T08:38:00.003-07:002022-06-22T08:45:09.873-07:00Emotional Copes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgyW2Qh0x5_UmT5A5Z6hbi9v8NufCTkRenedHfOFzngGTHZ1Yk-O4APlEPwbBGWlyVhfJCNCIVjJzq9txJR8Rr4CnDQpTn7PcDXigYAa6SnC-caNaa9-z2Dmah4AoJZpeB8VAPUvE2N604Bv0F-RbOE_t_vDQUTsE0FXMqUCcViNjU42sOhKqK_UcCg/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Emotional%20cope%20I'M%20FINE1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgyW2Qh0x5_UmT5A5Z6hbi9v8NufCTkRenedHfOFzngGTHZ1Yk-O4APlEPwbBGWlyVhfJCNCIVjJzq9txJR8Rr4CnDQpTn7PcDXigYAa6SnC-caNaa9-z2Dmah4AoJZpeB8VAPUvE2N604Bv0F-RbOE_t_vDQUTsE0FXMqUCcViNjU42sOhKqK_UcCg/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Emotional%20cope%20I'M%20FINE1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> These are from the Forget Me Not project from 2020 and form the second half of the mail order emotion section, they are the Emotional Copes. I didn't know how I was coping during lockdown and so these are perhaps uncomfortably personal pieces and some of the oddest I have ever made !!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fkLHqCDWref3iD4WzmZGpQyenkIdRUsym9FAnXxo51e6UDl_5ajqlk9AnK8doDKcYFKM-C6ztt1NJM12NQGW4-fA_oONBI5TEH_u7MvjW2MJ5J9mqJKjuNxpUlKKwpbEdXIjUlx0B3jQOeX39Uu2uxIZFQPjKdk8hpRjfVfnn1u8P6tBKAZ3z-kwgg/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Emotional%20cope%20I'M%20FINE2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fkLHqCDWref3iD4WzmZGpQyenkIdRUsym9FAnXxo51e6UDl_5ajqlk9AnK8doDKcYFKM-C6ztt1NJM12NQGW4-fA_oONBI5TEH_u7MvjW2MJ5J9mqJKjuNxpUlKKwpbEdXIjUlx0B3jQOeX39Uu2uxIZFQPjKdk8hpRjfVfnn1u8P6tBKAZ3z-kwgg/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20%20Emotional%20cope%20I'M%20FINE2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> A cope is a cape like garment worn mostly but not exclusively by members of the Christian church. It is a flat semi circle with a fabric tab fastening at the front and on the back often has a panel or tab which has decoration symbolic to the wearer. In some cathedrals you can still find the large semicircular chests that they were kept in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In order of appearance here we have :</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. 'I'm Fine'. Gold organza, gold gallon ribbon, pins and red beads. (above)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2.' Pocket Full'. Silk gold gallon ribbon, silk fortune teller and pockets of herbs. (embroidered braille along the top edge says "ring a ring of roses".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hNIfFngz0uX3QwIBxOuCdapEFfPmkurRHZ_iFnzBjIrkynbfJzAfdOgDvgiIfUgPF2gpGy-dWLA7vkZ-lagw6CzLSexL2NZDwvb6v_Mzs835Qo5lmec2IZu6-8BMtgg8K3dWT8SYL_nl0__IimIJ21pBuWnDx6IivbvJDvFPb6zRTDn_H0wpUgToKw/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Pocket%20Full2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hNIfFngz0uX3QwIBxOuCdapEFfPmkurRHZ_iFnzBjIrkynbfJzAfdOgDvgiIfUgPF2gpGy-dWLA7vkZ-lagw6CzLSexL2NZDwvb6v_Mzs835Qo5lmec2IZu6-8BMtgg8K3dWT8SYL_nl0__IimIJ21pBuWnDx6IivbvJDvFPb6zRTDn_H0wpUgToKw/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Pocket%20Full2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. 'Im Sorry'. Silver Organza on silk, silver gallon ribbon, beads and embroidery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw63imMMgTccHdYxDNcL-l9YB60jAp1xrpKlwo5A0MAo0cRqZayN1lrJt4Nbeq_Wz8smYZEqa_tX6I438QqE0w6vQexBsMcMZsAHZq6lTZ20DgwldRnHwErzA3IhjOrCnlF-TKm6kM7Of-IMYnVnQzDJhJAw_obAXOZgJIlOdFcaTeWVcEjhmDlNmZdg/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Funeral1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw63imMMgTccHdYxDNcL-l9YB60jAp1xrpKlwo5A0MAo0cRqZayN1lrJt4Nbeq_Wz8smYZEqa_tX6I438QqE0w6vQexBsMcMZsAHZq6lTZ20DgwldRnHwErzA3IhjOrCnlF-TKm6kM7Of-IMYnVnQzDJhJAw_obAXOZgJIlOdFcaTeWVcEjhmDlNmZdg/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Funeral1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9ZHJd9eLRT8-Ltle1xsJx9C3ROJ1WY0GYKCiTRwkvIMNhvIY6LmgMTiHrahvs-E72T-XmW0yekBb8eOxayts167W78A3VKMuftDa5BiPPZ-VHCsKafRg1A2pK3ze1Z3JBBBYMO9LtHkK_jD7Nk5dBQx8aE9_OcXHfiK_Yno0Y3jlMw53GCtlEANyjg/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Funeral2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9ZHJd9eLRT8-Ltle1xsJx9C3ROJ1WY0GYKCiTRwkvIMNhvIY6LmgMTiHrahvs-E72T-XmW0yekBb8eOxayts167W78A3VKMuftDa5BiPPZ-VHCsKafRg1A2pK3ze1Z3JBBBYMO9LtHkK_jD7Nk5dBQx8aE9_OcXHfiK_Yno0Y3jlMw53GCtlEANyjg/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Funeral2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 4. 'Shaky Hands'. Silver metal organza, silver gallon ribbon, embroidery and fabric printouts of a benefit letter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlFSc2Q-oZClSoIl18bpCPFO4qXCE67l1o7_y-7FvaMwNZeAjzMk87p-xn7H2bJojEmCnsjaZdbw70x42XFU5_J8C8I7QRVTxzKuUhae0W1fVgoO874zEYrfV1J_AYFXMTX0G5GMcMoIZLhdDowor7BzJh8FUFhYIw-Uqz9TejtXGMIMR8VZfROHoAQ/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Shaky%20Hands3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlFSc2Q-oZClSoIl18bpCPFO4qXCE67l1o7_y-7FvaMwNZeAjzMk87p-xn7H2bJojEmCnsjaZdbw70x42XFU5_J8C8I7QRVTxzKuUhae0W1fVgoO874zEYrfV1J_AYFXMTX0G5GMcMoIZLhdDowor7BzJh8FUFhYIw-Uqz9TejtXGMIMR8VZfROHoAQ/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Shaky%20Hands3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAqCFmTKdbZChQau9E5FQXSvQLSVwwFzgvwagBFsspZ3_a3JMhbnf9Bd5XpulcMXP_PQQl9RfWX4QbH-_L4tfO3DejlDhK7y59p2vHoI_34HgKMgF0bKIjBStghTUVZeA9ULnGTO6TZxrB98jc8j2WuyE8nmjs2_3FBKNhUGCV8CBw2dlBAE0WiU1vw/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Shaky%20Hands1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAqCFmTKdbZChQau9E5FQXSvQLSVwwFzgvwagBFsspZ3_a3JMhbnf9Bd5XpulcMXP_PQQl9RfWX4QbH-_L4tfO3DejlDhK7y59p2vHoI_34HgKMgF0bKIjBStghTUVZeA9ULnGTO6TZxrB98jc8j2WuyE8nmjs2_3FBKNhUGCV8CBw2dlBAE0WiU1vw/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20Shaky%20Hands1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />5. 'Sleep'. Gold metal fabric, gold gallon ribbon, beads, gold fringe and naturally shed cat fur (it was a hot summer and he was okay with it !)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FBE4Kyqr53a4gOUezgPp8cfkqiXThsxebJLGskzbqQOYORpsrljkDGiEEzL9Tc2Z2gleG_Y2Xr-NgQ1hv-AWV5WEGauTcTx9mfGV6uz76k7JdSjhT9oSegGrfZZFxYuYiaraALsIITNX1v0XBxmpUZDH66CBFmOPt9yWXYlSE5aPXdiMLBGjVhthlQ/s1600/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20%20Sleep1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FBE4Kyqr53a4gOUezgPp8cfkqiXThsxebJLGskzbqQOYORpsrljkDGiEEzL9Tc2Z2gleG_Y2Xr-NgQ1hv-AWV5WEGauTcTx9mfGV6uz76k7JdSjhT9oSegGrfZZFxYuYiaraALsIITNX1v0XBxmpUZDH66CBFmOPt9yWXYlSE5aPXdiMLBGjVhthlQ/s320/%20Fleur%20Oakes%20Emotional%20Copes%20%20Sleep1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> It was the play on words that appealed to me but I also liked the idea of the symbolic embroidery on the back. Each of mine has a simple 'forget-me-not' embroidery for both the project and for my name. These are of course at twelfth scale like the Cultural Shifts ( see previous posts).the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-10352046519376212152022-06-06T08:46:00.003-07:002022-06-06T08:46:18.009-07:00SomeBody<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rW5zsqIiCZ4aJOtDUtSYoNM_BkAbtu623vGx4MBCPeO7hhmiItZ0h5OWLsPEQ8WPnPZ-rHNA3C1-FBXR0pJaRNGOukvftnQV30q_nV9yIrUHLc4lP9PvbFsNVIcW9eAnTv6aVAeFrJNt09kV3slXWCD1MaLiRw6PjTcbc864igw_dWC1DFKo54OAng/s640/Fleur%20Oakes%20SomeBody%20%20%20buttonhole%20samples%20cross.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rW5zsqIiCZ4aJOtDUtSYoNM_BkAbtu623vGx4MBCPeO7hhmiItZ0h5OWLsPEQ8WPnPZ-rHNA3C1-FBXR0pJaRNGOukvftnQV30q_nV9yIrUHLc4lP9PvbFsNVIcW9eAnTv6aVAeFrJNt09kV3slXWCD1MaLiRw6PjTcbc864igw_dWC1DFKo54OAng/s320/Fleur%20Oakes%20SomeBody%20%20%20buttonhole%20samples%20cross.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p> As a rule I don't generally put my medical work on this blog as I don't want to scare off the unwary! However it has been taking up a lot of headspace and so rather than neglect things over here I will share some technical details from my most recent piece for Imperial College, 'SomeBody'.</p><p> The work here is from a medical model which is being performed for young people in an anti knife crime initiative.The basis for the visuals is as ever historical and contemporary textile techniques used as metaphors for the anatomy.</p><p> Buttonholes become stab wounds, rouleaux loops become blood vessels, 18th century frills are muscles, silk purses become digestive organs and origami becomes heart and lungs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4t2e5ga3P5vaaUE5k9qySfWdMZzh-k0Zf62vM7-QcrnN5MTN5zRv0bOCwaWdGy7b_aMrsnMb61mMblutgy8PdhWiDCgv4pGUQIjfqkwh8kaJNSt6i7us-9Y-XV-4cn7fN4icMCpl4SuROpzzAt5T5l2AhIfyms7DAOPR9hQTrBBKnmBxk-oz_Go8HQ/s1600/Fleur%20Oakes%20SomeBody%20%20breathing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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His extensive research into the history of the techniques of surgery found us both examining antique embroideries at the V&A museum and later led to filming me stitching cigarette paper. </p><p><a href="http://threadmanagement.blogspot.com/2019/03/500-stitches.html" style="color: #228822; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">This post shows that film </a> </p><p>In the film clip above Paul discusses what is was all about.</p><p>and now you can <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311/311106/spare-parts/9780241370254.html" style="color: #228822; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">buy the book!</a></p><p><br style="background-color: #882222; color: seashell; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-52526478907343988992021-02-19T10:55:00.001-08:002021-02-19T10:55:00.256-08:00Forget Me Not, pt.5.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T0NgwBzclZz_YCn2xpKHkMcdSrBdmQ8hVybknMUQP-wACtvRYq1jhQZ_1df1DYp7PGEND-RE4FKSZ7-UvPZYKaIrhYWb9II2aXmi3DRElu3NfAKH03IwXv36o1zQq4SIHUKw5KmVANN4/s640/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+5+Go+Out+Don%2527t+Go+Out+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T0NgwBzclZz_YCn2xpKHkMcdSrBdmQ8hVybknMUQP-wACtvRYq1jhQZ_1df1DYp7PGEND-RE4FKSZ7-UvPZYKaIrhYWb9II2aXmi3DRElu3NfAKH03IwXv36o1zQq4SIHUKw5KmVANN4/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+5+Go+Out+Don%2527t+Go+Out+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>'Go Out Don't Go Out'. Cultural Shift no.5.</p><p> The last of the little mail order shifts looks at the chaos surrounding retail and lockdown restrictions. It features an embroidered Google map of central London, 'temporarily closed' shop signs and a market stall of masks made from internet memes, tweets and cultural images. The words embroidered across the top reflect the reaction of Londoners to being berated by the PM during the summer of 2020 for not going back to work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYntM1v9sBzhyphenhyphen40aYiE8xRbB82Bje0BrByJFDPYdAVASVwMd6M6Gl7MBKnakVMmhdMXaWyWQWelkddAWTiPkl1jhJ-QVs8w0A0jfpVckwfepVD0gg9H5eroFsZGtnp3a8rhH9KwvnF2ux/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+5+Go+Out+Don%2527t+Go+Out+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYntM1v9sBzhyphenhyphen40aYiE8xRbB82Bje0BrByJFDPYdAVASVwMd6M6Gl7MBKnakVMmhdMXaWyWQWelkddAWTiPkl1jhJ-QVs8w0A0jfpVckwfepVD0gg9H5eroFsZGtnp3a8rhH9KwvnF2ux/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+5+Go+Out+Don%2527t+Go+Out+%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div>London is temporarily closed,<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQPb04WQUYYdnPe8ty2ttiVbsdqC__4gtlizcyFGvm_ml2hEqtNH1YvsjkeMYlLUggbV7a_Rl1_xxMhLHRRVGU2ZsqUJy9hY4jLwou1fiuqsiB7f1COBwYEY-E76z31kd6ZcUzIc7fRhg/s640/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+detail+marylebone++%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQPb04WQUYYdnPe8ty2ttiVbsdqC__4gtlizcyFGvm_ml2hEqtNH1YvsjkeMYlLUggbV7a_Rl1_xxMhLHRRVGU2ZsqUJy9hY4jLwou1fiuqsiB7f1COBwYEY-E76z31kd6ZcUzIc7fRhg/s320/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+detail+marylebone++%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Marylebone High street embroidered onto a vintage silk scarf, like those made during WW2.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1F3HDmQ_qf4MmmaIjVxcbJ3KITIB8q1Ltelx_ETWzL-P7bFZif096BAtXm_bzVBV6ANm4k6wU-0mdu_VUAJHaOmfO8owVa3KsXVJbB9uAt9feJKHX7Cv-IYYCG7F_m6X9kKZkRcWMgXJ/s640/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5.+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+in+progress++%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1F3HDmQ_qf4MmmaIjVxcbJ3KITIB8q1Ltelx_ETWzL-P7bFZif096BAtXm_bzVBV6ANm4k6wU-0mdu_VUAJHaOmfO8owVa3KsXVJbB9uAt9feJKHX7Cv-IYYCG7F_m6X9kKZkRcWMgXJ/s320/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5.+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+in+progress++%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...that's how we felt about it,</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHQyT0jCfCGwCZ66UiAgYUO-rQUf4eYzSjaNFqhOv_9Y26mwGqMdoUxnuV3r0tQVZMy36-F9Y5P974i0ZVdhvvR5-nYYXXEHMMNjkuItdKHiFIDCPkJcNGqSUnol0wUgyGbsOG7b9fo1/s640/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5.+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+in+progress++%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHQyT0jCfCGwCZ66UiAgYUO-rQUf4eYzSjaNFqhOv_9Y26mwGqMdoUxnuV3r0tQVZMy36-F9Y5P974i0ZVdhvvR5-nYYXXEHMMNjkuItdKHiFIDCPkJcNGqSUnol0wUgyGbsOG7b9fo1/s320/fleur+oakes+cultural+shifts+5.+go+out+don%2527t+go+out+in+progress++%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The map being embroidered.</p></div></div>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-13615336975390579252021-02-18T10:38:00.001-08:002021-02-18T10:38:02.802-08:00Forget Me Not, pt.4.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu0hxuvh7iDdAFU8hmhl-gl8P4mqadxs2JLWUo7hPXwid6ieadK6XZwJcd-fXoLVjc8JnJyydiWixyHCo7eKJDtSrExxofiVk5IxDI6yLLm6rj-dwhgXE92xF-1Tj-Q7B7ANZ0w7BiKLY/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwu0hxuvh7iDdAFU8hmhl-gl8P4mqadxs2JLWUo7hPXwid6ieadK6XZwJcd-fXoLVjc8JnJyydiWixyHCo7eKJDtSrExxofiVk5IxDI6yLLm6rj-dwhgXE92xF-1Tj-Q7B7ANZ0w7BiKLY/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25285%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> 'LIV. A Nightingale Sang in Barclay's Square', cultural shift 4.</p><p>Money and the NHS....homemade scrubs and inadequate PPE.....hospitals being built to impress but only treating fifty four patients....pockets and mass produced clothing....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZjhii_CIeXnzDnmgzDDPVwQL4yqqgXwSB1axhH-c71ymfuyhOeby0MqZ4bd8dbUEVyNzWV_RHhrrM-2EGPkbNjS1gJbOFG6YCulmo_-5EaE76WHBLSBK-T0_DUqCVyrz3jRqVcC_rYu2/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZjhii_CIeXnzDnmgzDDPVwQL4yqqgXwSB1axhH-c71ymfuyhOeby0MqZ4bd8dbUEVyNzWV_RHhrrM-2EGPkbNjS1gJbOFG6YCulmo_-5EaE76WHBLSBK-T0_DUqCVyrz3jRqVcC_rYu2/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div> Cultural Shift no 4. is made from a scrap of 'scrub' cotton with a mask apron in fluid resistant fabric. The apron has 54 pockets each embroidered in 'cross' stitch roman numerals, just to make sure that most people don't understand 'the numbers'.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KJLBvtw9r4NwVCvB70Y4sSxyzbB0-GfcWJBnNe1CXd9oHSC0QQwXeAtfiNZzPYdAuoT-G3aUWwNyYEE2xytZ47RHE8F6GGdaFOoFRlRt5jBgpy91O_748yZICjZyB3RVQo9N7FEBCBnk/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KJLBvtw9r4NwVCvB70Y4sSxyzbB0-GfcWJBnNe1CXd9oHSC0QQwXeAtfiNZzPYdAuoT-G3aUWwNyYEE2xytZ47RHE8F6GGdaFOoFRlRt5jBgpy91O_748yZICjZyB3RVQo9N7FEBCBnk/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25284%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div>I sutured the cuffs..</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuc0hpcGnwLHAShhfjPNRD5lDJ06g0QYfw8tTJeTXX5rFxDGYpG57crL4LAJRwmBjWiRD2nqsG6AE8nDECdqsbE6hiupWd1Klm_kM1R254cG9rs_IGajf5HyOiDhw3VL3Bwr8ZIKm9GB4/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25287%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuc0hpcGnwLHAShhfjPNRD5lDJ06g0QYfw8tTJeTXX5rFxDGYpG57crL4LAJRwmBjWiRD2nqsG6AE8nDECdqsbE6hiupWd1Klm_kM1R254cG9rs_IGajf5HyOiDhw3VL3Bwr8ZIKm9GB4/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+4+Nightingale+%25287%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>....and didn't forget to LIV.</p><p><br /></p></div>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-64446603724609924242021-02-17T10:15:00.001-08:002021-02-17T10:15:01.458-08:00Forget Me Not, pt 3.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pmhMSz5o6uZ1yF8UjYTsfQAEXFXskaA-of8FbzzyYGFWel0u717Q-hRgKeH8D50QnEupGuAGxwJv_EaU6x2nMzIjJ5Y9PvsJTZAHxSphzvrWUVF_pLIgGNrNsDOBxvFDv8ZTYrUq1E0D/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pmhMSz5o6uZ1yF8UjYTsfQAEXFXskaA-of8FbzzyYGFWel0u717Q-hRgKeH8D50QnEupGuAGxwJv_EaU6x2nMzIjJ5Y9PvsJTZAHxSphzvrWUVF_pLIgGNrNsDOBxvFDv8ZTYrUq1E0D/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25283%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p> This delicate paper silk shift is 'Not in Public'.</p><p> In removing touch from my life social distancing has also removed inappropriate touch from my life. Men can no longer try and touch me on the train or in social situations, they have to keep their distance. Many women will have felt relief from this persistent menace but many will also have been subjected to increased abuse in private.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpcQXVC2IX3b7y-qnURgauo635GzKAf4qhGeZmjYLh4OeNuBXRloOLUMzzu-izipvnuCowLhwV7BKMKDPOMSMKloRxH0yO7ULMn4ioOuDuGLrcuS8ErQr9iv_2z4izuzqSI-BxjPbvXl6/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%252812%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpcQXVC2IX3b7y-qnURgauo635GzKAf4qhGeZmjYLh4OeNuBXRloOLUMzzu-izipvnuCowLhwV7BKMKDPOMSMKloRxH0yO7ULMn4ioOuDuGLrcuS8ErQr9iv_2z4izuzqSI-BxjPbvXl6/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%252812%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>This shift began as an outfit to wear in the supermarket with spikes all over. As I layered the spikes down the front I realised that they also looked like medieval 'breast bags', a breast supporting modification to shifts which is still apparent in the traditional clothing of women in southern India.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAX9qmSY-_B57m-8wkRhg1C9TDmvwqZ8Kktrp_47RVKgC2oPk9uv3rj6xTw_oZ1AEFhYwjN766haZPwiQ4z39rT3G0-fr-aWTrERIrD77VA5E1yD0SN08yaIc4ZccpJB7e_W0U87YpWbA/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%252811%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAX9qmSY-_B57m-8wkRhg1C9TDmvwqZ8Kktrp_47RVKgC2oPk9uv3rj6xTw_oZ1AEFhYwjN766haZPwiQ4z39rT3G0-fr-aWTrERIrD77VA5E1yD0SN08yaIc4ZccpJB7e_W0U87YpWbA/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%252811%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I spread embroidered spikes along the hem and sleeves with 'keep-out' symbols on the sides.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4bdYiRWxcO1gjCxZWjlGYuRpDCN6HMRoDqv1dsxh00tIHbKeOR7-ExHwL4vxCeliW-T3wOvgCfZA4fl8YZkTMEZL-05kabVJ62Oh8rP0XXJD4HtKctoXtLIFj7cpmodkkr8tRxzjE7Y/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25289%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF4bdYiRWxcO1gjCxZWjlGYuRpDCN6HMRoDqv1dsxh00tIHbKeOR7-ExHwL4vxCeliW-T3wOvgCfZA4fl8YZkTMEZL-05kabVJ62Oh8rP0XXJD4HtKctoXtLIFj7cpmodkkr8tRxzjE7Y/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25289%2529.JPG" /></a></div> <p></p><p>This shift has the additional accessory of a double sided mask-mirror, one side with an embroidered black eye....<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjx_PQfVBpvN60fYe6cmSHF5m_UCtuIttywOt3U9QhlCsUEoTIaQStjo9K9FZKkO3rpIBq2sRY01YHKPeN5S-mAe7r-sEAGh-H3eYosglx3tLlQmYWxP9moRne2WKLMBMv4KW8jl2df8Vt/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25286%2529.JPG" width="320" /><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div><p></p></blockquote><p> </p><p> ...the other with a brave pouty lipstick mouth</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmp-SLRZTV3FkgmjW3PgtO-FBQpzRe2eVDJm_fm4NnUBUsk5nG9HOXtvM6S-HcqU-KU_M3OnFqqv5cbXsdCwFLqKG5amJoFdy56QI_98yCmcEfLPm3CIfDaPJxXmsAiftjohG-4LHxXO2/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmp-SLRZTV3FkgmjW3PgtO-FBQpzRe2eVDJm_fm4NnUBUsk5nG9HOXtvM6S-HcqU-KU_M3OnFqqv5cbXsdCwFLqKG5amJoFdy56QI_98yCmcEfLPm3CIfDaPJxXmsAiftjohG-4LHxXO2/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+3.+Not+in+Public++%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-73608059238688761332021-02-16T09:57:00.001-08:002021-02-16T09:57:20.190-08:00Forget Me Not, pt 2.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I was horrified at how quickly large corporations were trying to sell themselves as our friends at the start of the pandemic whilst profiting from their advantage over small businesses, I felt that they were feeding on us as we sat at home helpless.</p><p> You may notice the buff and black signature colouring of this red-edged linen shift with it's smiling vampire logo. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br />the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-22005088098396663702021-02-15T09:57:00.000-08:002021-02-15T09:57:13.813-08:00Forget Me Not ,part one.<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiKRMEUb-HuwTVMWpPkHAAGRsa3bo_UVs4Fld-miogwfH3NzFZx2hLjOLb_488msM-jbQROek6D9UIxKyIScDFOpES49Z_k0k6cwjMQShUvBgVzKxVb_WU68-pDp5BiWeSEUyKrZWchYR/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiKRMEUb-HuwTVMWpPkHAAGRsa3bo_UVs4Fld-miogwfH3NzFZx2hLjOLb_488msM-jbQROek6D9UIxKyIScDFOpES49Z_k0k6cwjMQShUvBgVzKxVb_WU68-pDp5BiWeSEUyKrZWchYR/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25284%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />So, what's it like not being able to touch other people for months on end? What do you feel about the world when you only interact with the packaging of things you bought online? What is reality when you can only watch the suffering of others on a laptop screen?<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> It has taken me a long time to be able to make any new work but with funding from the UK Arts Council I have developed the Forget Me Not project. There are three parts and this is the first section called 'Copes and Shifts'; a book of twelfth scale garments. It references the couture garment sample books of the late 19thC which Paris couturiers used to show their ideas to clients abroad. This however is a book of Cultural Shifts and Emotional Copes to inhabit from afar.<p></p><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqB86itWNm-4VuCb8GvwdG6zK7NNQuK7vqEixLmCDyG4K5Eq0Snlwtp-JXGKmRU9NyL1g8zUcKLhUCo5RKG_gI3tzpBif41s1XL420VglsHROJGv1qjk79h49Cn_Ecme66MIbdxc9XMvz/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqB86itWNm-4VuCb8GvwdG6zK7NNQuK7vqEixLmCDyG4K5Eq0Snlwtp-JXGKmRU9NyL1g8zUcKLhUCo5RKG_gI3tzpBif41s1XL420VglsHROJGv1qjk79h49Cn_Ecme66MIbdxc9XMvz/w320-h240/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> The first Cultural Shift is called 'Awake'.<div> Shifts were an undergarment worn by all women as underwear until the 20thC. and the pattern for this one was found in the Janet Arnold 'Patterns of Fashion' books.</div><div> Made from an antique linen handkerchief this little shift is embroidered with a weeping eye and looks at Elizabethan culture, activism and shame. I have a long fascination with the embroidered eyes on early modern embroidery and in particular the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_Rainbow_Portrait.jpg" target="_blank">'Rainbow' portrait of Elizabeth 1st</a> with its' symbolic eyes and ears on the dress. In that portrait she is also depicted wearing a very unusual and little known garment called a conch. This is essentially a super fine shawl with a wired edge at the top, a very expensive and elite garment.I made this tiny one in cotton organdie and lightly embroidered around the edges. The word 'awake', embroidered in detached buttonhole stitch is pinned with an entomology pin to the front of the shift.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxBcQ81YN-qSILLoqtU0hoK1txkULZbpP2VVmxqvszkohILMn-sXYqrPTXUpBDr8eF9msTFnCokQdCLAGG0lPaGq9nDj3yEZBSoEsAq6b15tDcJ9XwT-2CGxArTRrKe-QemkLjQHs9q7Q/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxBcQ81YN-qSILLoqtU0hoK1txkULZbpP2VVmxqvszkohILMn-sXYqrPTXUpBDr8eF9msTFnCokQdCLAGG0lPaGq9nDj3yEZBSoEsAq6b15tDcJ9XwT-2CGxArTRrKe-QemkLjQHs9q7Q/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25285%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br />I decided to keep the original embroidery of the hanky on the back of the shift with it's little forget-me-nots.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLe7pKQUKu5inDydbqJylZfMvlrzpl3EJtaSCgQ9O6pao41i9m0bAdrqMaD7CzowQTy7ZgM4NPfd-Hj9V5RmawvGhXLbzzP7d8tVd7JjldVWf8cnjnr-x5j1L736E1DAK_p3bTj6sXo9T/s2048/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25288%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLe7pKQUKu5inDydbqJylZfMvlrzpl3EJtaSCgQ9O6pao41i9m0bAdrqMaD7CzowQTy7ZgM4NPfd-Hj9V5RmawvGhXLbzzP7d8tVd7JjldVWf8cnjnr-x5j1L736E1DAK_p3bTj6sXo9T/s320/Fleur+Oakes+cultural+shifts+1+Awake+%25288%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p><br /></p></div></div>the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-22644659246188467942020-05-22T10:50:00.000-07:002020-05-22T10:54:31.136-07:00Faery Fellers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was asked a while back to submit a piece of work to a project devised by the poet <a href="https://www.thepoetryofitall.com/" target="_blank">Tom Sharp</a>. He has written an extraordinary piece called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_M122rBFbd/" target="_blank">'The Weeping Cufflinks'</a> revealing the true and otherworldly nature of the financial markets and city traders.He called together artists from many disciplines to create their own response to this and then the virus struck.....Not to be put off by this the works are now being shown initially on an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/faery_fellers/?hl=en" target="_blank">instagram account</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/faery_fellers/?hl=en" target="_blank">'Faery Fellers'</a> with a website to follow.<br />
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This copy of the Financial Times is quite clearly the property of Christina Rossetti's goblins, in fact the only legible words on it are 'come buy' with the terrible consequences of greed being hidden under ink. The tell tale berries are growing through the header though, dark and addictive, the fragile paper sagging under the hidden glama of the trader fae. It is a rare glimpse of reality, the correlation between paper and money and human commodities. This copy had been left on a tree stump....on April 1st.<br />
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As the scroll rolls on.... for future reference the specific links to instagram are as follows...<br />
1.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iSJGOBgcF/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iSJGOBgcF/</a><br />
2.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kz2xmB9Ec/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kz2xmB9Ec/</a><br />
3.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nlIT-BCM4/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nlIT-BCM4/</a><br />
4.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qN2uVBaRt/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qN2uVBaRt/</a><br />
5.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ssrMFhV36/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ssrMFhV36/</a><br />
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The final day of the tour, here we find the usual work disturber at work.<br />
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Staring out of the window is another thing to be done at the moment...<br />
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A sleepy corner; a <a href="https://themuseumforobjectsofvertu.blogspot.com/2012/07/presented-by-mrs-steppatt.html" target="_blank">singed 1930's wedding dress </a>and a plants' vascular system. I like a concept under glass to contemplate.<br />
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My old dolls crib full of treasure. Lace, cotton reels, bobbins, pearl necklaces, tape measures, perfume bottles, hanks of thread...the usual contents of my handbag.<br />
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Please take a card before you leave.the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-16039883738116992842020-05-03T08:17:00.000-07:002020-05-03T08:17:00.936-07:00Studio Tour Day Six, Sitting Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Firstly, a cup of tea...no old china escapes my grasp in this town.<br />
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Then to sit near the books...some cushions embroidered by me, some by my great grandmother Daisy.<br />
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...by the fire.<br />
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This is not a cupboard I hear you say...no it is the mirror which used to be in the cupboard which is also <a href="https://themuseumforobjectsofvertu.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Museum For Objects of Vertu</a> which lives in the studio. For views of its other life follow the link. This is how it is in this world....<br />
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....my collections of show equipment, storage boxes and general materials.The glass cloches and bell jars come out for things like the Knit and Stitch show, exhibitions or open studios and sit quietly with vintage chocolate boxes which often become integral to small works.<br />
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Then we have the hoard of materials which I constantly delve into for a small bit of ......<br />
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Tomorrow some tea and a sit down.the glass pinglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149792128451553063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537004363729874810.post-4180507332393367912020-05-01T08:02:00.000-07:002020-05-01T08:02:05.091-07:00Studio Tour Day Four, Objets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The most useful things in a studio are the things without purpose. Here in a corner are two old corset stands and an old piece of work.<br />
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The piece is a version of an old christening cushion, also found <a href="https://themuseumforobjectsofvertu.blogspot.com/2012/05/you-and-i-are-earth.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This is a tiny corset in very plain cloth which serendipitously fitted my tiny corset display stand. There was a time when I could just pick these things up at antique markets and nobody else wanted them !! She sits atop a very plain hat box from Norway.<br />
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Lastly my 1930's costume pearl necklaces nesting in a feather bowl. It is a necessary thing.<br />
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Where would I be without pincushions? These were made for me by <a href="http://www.katehaxell.co.uk/Kate_Haxell/needle_cushions.html" target="_blank">Kate Haxell</a> from some very old pigs and lettuces!<br />
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I have worn my fingertips out over the years with pins and needles so I now need a little help picking up my small tools. These old glass vase 'frogs' are perfect for holding my scissors just where I can grab them.<br />
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One of my legacies from my great aunt Lily was a vast collection of old wooden cotton reels. These now live in wooden desk trays near my sewing machine where they can be admired.<br />
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All over my studio are glass jars and domes of all sizes. These tiny ones (above) contain Elizabethan pins, glove buttons, flat metallic glass beads and apple pips.<br />
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Next to those is a an Art Deco powder compact with added antique lace and feathers.<br />
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Between my two desks (actually there are three...) is an old set of shelves held up in part with books. Here I keep my tiny apothecary jars of natural objects; leaf skeletons,lichen,seed pods and so forth.<br />
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On one of the window sills are jars for some of my old wooden cotton reels; you may notice that I label my jars with their emotional contents....hope, despair, wabi sabi, luck.<br />
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