About
Anne has always had a keen interest in sewing and textile work and now is able to express her love of gardens and landscapes in free hand embroideries. The pictures are a combination of Richard's painting and framing and her embroidery. Richard begins by painting a background design onto a stretched piece of unbleached calico using acrylic paints. Because the calico has not been primed, the acrylic paints soak into the material, giving the effect of a watercolour painting. The design is often very loose with little or no detail. The paint is allowed to dry naturally and then Anne can begin the embroidery. A combination of threads and materials is used to achieve the desired effect. These range from stranded cottons, silk noil, rayon, fine perle cottons, pieces of printed polycottons and pure silk ribbons which Anne hand dyes, to create the desired colour. Each picture can have one or more from this list, depending upon the image and the effect that is being created. Only freehand embroidery stitches are used and these comprise mainly french knots.
When the embroidery is finished, the work is taken off the frame, laced to a piece of acid free card and finally mounted and framed with materials that complement the piece.
Contact
If you would like to have more detail about a particular picture or require more information, please email Anne who will be happy to help you.