BSG cross stitch 2
I loved Battlestar Galactica and had been pondering a cross stitch/embroidery homage for a while. For me the question "Are you alive?" got to the heart of some of the issues covered by the show and is a question that is posed by various characters throughout the series. What is it to live as a human or a cylon? What constitutes humanity? Does the fact that cylons are programmed make them less alive or deserving of life than humans even though humans have a kind of instinctive primal behavioural programming? I decided to add to the text a depiction of neurons/synapses made up of base stars, raiders and vipers to illustrate the idea that both sides are living organisms with basic preprogramming at heart. I'm not the finest embroiderer in the world but for those of you who are as geeky about stitching as you are about sci-fi, the raiders are done with a fly-stitch, the base - stars with long and short fill stitch, couching for connections, and of course cross stitch for the text.
BSG cross stitch 2
I loved Battlestar Galactica and had been pondering a cross stitch/embroidery homage for a while. For me the question "Are you alive?" got to the heart of some of the issues covered by the show and is a question that is posed by various characters throughout the series. What is it to live as a human or a cylon? What constitutes humanity? Does the fact that cylons are programmed make them less alive or deserving of life than humans even though humans have a kind of instinctive primal behavioural programming? I decided to add to the text a depiction of neurons/synapses made up of base stars, raiders and vipers to illustrate the idea that both sides are living organisms with basic preprogramming at heart. I'm not the finest embroiderer in the world but for those of you who are as geeky about stitching as you are about sci-fi, the raiders are done with a fly-stitch, the base - stars with long and short fill stitch, couching for connections, and of course cross stitch for the text.