23/10/2008

flower-ing


Lavendar blue flower is a vine, Petrea, also my middle
name.The flower folk date from mid '70's,
the spiral started with what the hail broke,
mostly it's seed strings from a bangalow palm.
The man trimming tree-face is a detail of a design I did
for a tapestry, made in Kashmir.
They made thousands of needle pricks through the paper,
dusted chalk through these holes, thus drew on the canvas,
& then made the 6ft long tapestry. I'd like to do more,
I mean get more made ~no interest in sewing~ as I was
so impressed at the subtlety of colour they achieved.

Have a look at this splendid idea

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