BOUNTIFUL CLEMENTINES 2024
In my studio, I love to set up still life’s to draw from. All the pieces I gathered here connect me to the people and places I cherish. I enjoy drawing and stitching these pieces that are so grounded in my identity, my path and memory. As I work a new narrative evolves, along with a renewed appreciation and wonder for the bounty in my life.
Bright and metallic threads are embroidered onto an appliquéd silk ground using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool. I stitch freely over the surface creating rich texture, pattern and details.SOLD
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CLEMENTINE STILL LIFE 2024
My studio shelves are brimming with pieces collected near and far over a lifetime. I love setting up still life’s including these things. Each of the pieces selected for this still life connects me to the people and places I cherish. I am comforted by and take joy in celebrating these connections through drawing and stitching new narratives to share.The dark blue linen ground is embroidered freely using a basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool, building up the textures, patterns and details. SOLD
THE SCISSOR TREE 2024
This playful composition is inspired by my collected sewing notions and of my love of nature. In this imagined embroidery the tree of scissors stitches and creates for a visiting wee bird…
Bright and metallic threads are embroidered onto an appliquéd silk ground using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool. I stitch freely over the surface creating rich texture, pattern and details.SOLD
MAGICAL THREADS 2023
In my studio, my shelves are full of the nostalgic things collected over a lifetime. This embroidery celebrates some of these pieces together in a still life detail composition that has grown into its own fanciful narrative.
Collaged silks are embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool. SOLD
BIRDIE BESPOKE ATELIER 2024
A playful composition of busy creative birds their notions and scissors on hand as they sew garments using a vintage sewing machine.
Bright and metallic threads are embroidered onto appliquéd silks using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool, as I stitch freely over the surface creating rich texture, pattern and image.SOLD
STITCH STUDY WITH LEMONS 2023
The white linen fabric is embroidered and quilted freely with cotton threads using a basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool. SOLD
GARDEN SEWERS 2023
This playful composition is of creative birds imagined preparing their sewing notions ready to stitch and mend. They are enjoying being outside in the magical garden on a lovely day. The white linen ground is embroidered freely with thread using a basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool; building up the textures, patterns and colours in the embroideryThe embroidery measures 8.5" x 11.5" SOLD
DREAMING OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY 2023 SOLD
The dark blue linen fabric is embroidered freely with cotton and rayon threads using a basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool. SOLD
STITCH STORIES 2022
In my studio, my shelves are full of the nostalgic things collected over a lifetime. Each piece holds a memory, a story of my travels near and far, of the people and places cherished. This composition celebrates some of these pieces together in a still life that has grown into its own fanciful narrative.
Collaged silks are embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool.
The embroidery measures 18.25" x 12.75" SOLD
BIRD BESPOKE 2022
Collaged silks are embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool. SOLD
THE DE MORGAN SEWERS 2022
This fanciful composition brings together some of my favourite inspirations. I love observing and drawing birds. In this colourful piece they are imagined as bespoke sewers, with their notions at the ready, in a decorative space honouring the ceramic work of William de Morgan.
The work is created by layering and appliquéing silks creating a ground that is then richly embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool, freely stitching to build up the detailed lines, textures and colours to complete the artwork.SOLD
SCISSOR GARDEN 2022
Collaged silks are embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool.SOLD
SEWING BIRDS 2022
Collaged silks are embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool. SOLD
STITCH STUDY WITH DOLLS 2023 SOLD
The white linen fabric is embroidered freely with cotton thread using a basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool. SOLD
SEWING SUPPLIES 2022
The white linen ground is embroidered freely with blue thread using my basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool as I build up the textures, patterns and details in this still life composition. SOLD
SPRING VISITOR 2022
The white linen ground is embroidered freely with thread using my basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool as I build up the textures, patterns and details in the composition. SOLD
STILL LIFE STITCH SKETCH 2022
The white linen fabric is embroidered freely with blue cotton thread using a basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool. SOLD
CONVERSATIONS IN THE TULIPS 2021
This embroidery is inspired by drawings of my copper kettle filled with lovely tulips in the spring. I imagined fanciful birds chatting away amongst the flowers. The composition is a celebration of the rituals we share with family and friends, and the memories connected to and intertwined with the people, places and things we cherish.
Appliquéd silks on linen are embellished with stitch using the domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool SOLD
NESTING KERERU 2021
This fanciful embroidery is inspired by my love of observing birds and the rituals and memories shared over tea whilst visiting my family across the globe. I love drawing china, looking at the delicate shapes, patterns and details as I work. This wonderfully colourful German teapot is part of the permanent collection at the Gardiner Museum. Kereru are New Zealand wood pigeons, I love their shape, colourful plumes and to see them nesting in the trees.
This work is created using appliqué silks that are then richly embroidered using free motion stitching on my basic domestic sewing machine. SOLD
BATHING IN FLOWERS 2020
This embroidery is inspired by one of my Aynsley teacups and some Vireo birds visiting my garden this spring. I love the idea of the flowers coming to life and being enjoyed by the birds. This work is created using appliqué silks that are then richly embroidered using free motion stitching on my basic domestic sewing machine.
The edges of the embroidery are finished with a stitched braid.
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CHAMPION OF FLOWERS 2020
This fanciful embroidery is inspired by my love of observing birds and the rituals and memories shared over tea. I love drawing china, looking at the delicate shapes, patterns and details as I work. This Richard Champion & Co teapot is part of the permanent collection at the Gardiner Museum where I made drawings and later a little painting based on my observations.
The work is created by layering and appliquéing silks creating a ground that is then richly embroidered using my basic domestic sewing machine as a drawing tool, freely stitching to build up the detailed lines, textures and colours to complete the artwork.
This original artwork measures 9"x 11" SOLD
LOVE ALL AROUND 2020
This work is created using appliqué silks that are then richly embroidered using free motion stitching on my basic domestic sewing machine. 10.75" x 10.75" SOLD
TWO TUI"S & THE KOWHAI TEACUP 2021
This piece is inspired by the NZ Tui, a beautiful bird with a distinctive feathery plume on its neck, often seen flying around as you walk in the bush. Here, their natural habitat is reimagined as the birds nest within a teacup covered in their favourite Kowhai flowers.
The white linen ground is embroidered freely with thread using hand stitches and a basic domestic sewing machine as my drawing tool.
The embroidery measures 6”x6” SOLD
BALANCING TEATIME 2018
This piece is inspired by the NZ Fantail, a friendly bird that loves to fly around you as you walk in the bush. Here, their natural plumage is reimagined to suit their colourful joyous character and combined with the playful balancing teacup and pot. This celebrates the rituals and memories of domestic life with family and friends.
Embroidered and appliqué silks 9.5" x 13.25" mounted on acid free mat within a white wood 17"x 21" frame SOLD
FANTAIL TEATIME LANDSCAPE 2018
Free machine and hand embroidery on linen 8.5" x 10.5" SOLD
BIRDIE TEACUP 2018
This work is a stitched drawing of a little antique teacup in my collection. The linen is stretched in a wooden hoop, then embroidered freely with multiple layers of thread using a basic domestic sewing machine and some hand stitching.
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