At the end of summer, nothing is perfect anymore — everything is a little frayed. Insects have chewed holes in leaves. Edges curl up and turn brown. The overwhelming greenness in the landscape starts shifting over to yellow, especially if there’s been a drought.
View on my deck during morning yoga
For the twelfth piece in Daily Thread, my 2019 stitch journal, I again explored the theme of “verdant.” This time I employed detached chain stitch in stacked rows, using a palette of yellow and green threads. Working from the bottom upwards, I left empty spaces here and there as a nod to the imperfections in nature during late summer.
I worked on this piece from July 29, 2019 (Day 210 of this yearlong daily embroidery project) to August 13 (Day 225).
Coming up: My next Daily Thread post will be about the 13th piece, which had the theme of “two birches.”
New work: While I’m furloughed from my day job due to COVID-19, I’m creating a series of Furlough Daily Embroideries. To learn more, follow me on Instagram or follow the hashtag #furloughdailyembroidery.
Exhibition news: If life is back to normal next spring, I will be showing the entire Daily Thread project in April 2021 at the Hosmer Gallery in Northampton’s Forbes Library. Later in the year (dates to be determined), it will also be shown at Easthampton City Arts.
LINKS
About the Daily Thread Project
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