Robin Atk
Hands ~ August BJP
There's something child-like, playful, happy about both the pattern and colors in this piece. It makes me remember, with huge gratitude, my childhood teachers:
** My mom, who taught me to sew very early in life, guiding my hands to make neat, little stitches, and later how to embroider and make my own patterns.
** My grandmother, who taught me to use her treadle sewing machine when I was only 6 years old.
**My fifth grade homeschool teacher, who taught me origami.
These three women blessed me and my hands with their wisdom. My hands are a lot like my mom's were. I often think of her when I notice my hands.
Finally, it's interesting that I chose to include a bone hand charm with an eye on it. I think of my hands as a way of seeing, another source of vision.
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Month: August
Method: improvistional bead embroidery on batik fabric stabilized with paper
Backed with: 200 lb. card stock and Ultrasuede Light
Beads: mostly size 15 seed beads; bone accent beads; crystals
Hands ~ August BJP
There's something child-like, playful, happy about both the pattern and colors in this piece. It makes me remember, with huge gratitude, my childhood teachers:
** My mom, who taught me to sew very early in life, guiding my hands to make neat, little stitches, and later how to embroider and make my own patterns.
** My grandmother, who taught me to use her treadle sewing machine when I was only 6 years old.
**My fifth grade homeschool teacher, who taught me origami.
These three women blessed me and my hands with their wisdom. My hands are a lot like my mom's were. I often think of her when I notice my hands.
Finally, it's interesting that I chose to include a bone hand charm with an eye on it. I think of my hands as a way of seeing, another source of vision.
Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Month: August
Method: improvistional bead embroidery on batik fabric stabilized with paper
Backed with: 200 lb. card stock and Ultrasuede Light
Beads: mostly size 15 seed beads; bone accent beads; crystals