After spending several months observing colors of the earth, I shifted my gaze upwards for the eighth piece of Daily Thread, a stitch journal I worked on each day during 2019. For this piece, begun on May 22 and completed on June 7, 2019, I chose the theme of “sky.” I selected a limited palette of pale colors and used very simple stitches to create an image evocative of the sky at dawn.
I suppose I shouldn’t have favorites, but I do — and this piece is one. I enjoy its simplicity and quietness. Looking at it, at any time of year, takes me back to the early mornings of early summer: strands of bright peach and rose drifting across a sweet, pale blue sky, white clouds, the lingering moon. At that hour, the day is peaceful and still uncomplicated.
Here are a few photos of the piece in progress and of the “stitch log.” When I started work each day, I stitched a bit of that day’s color on a square of drawing paper, below the number of the day of the year. Each piece in Daily Thread has its own stitch log, which I’ll exhibit along with the embroideries.
My next post will be about the ninth piece, which was the first of three with the theme of “verdant.”
Exhibition update: I had planned to show Daily Thread during April in my show at the Hosmer Gallery in Northampton’s Forbes Library. But since the library is closed due to the coronavirus, the show has been postponed to April 2021. I’ll also be exhibiting in September of this year at Easthampton City Arts and Daily Thread will be part of that show.
LINKS
About the Daily Thread Project
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