I adore this quilt made by a woman in Kentucky back in 1839 to help her deal with the grief over the death of her two young sons.
She stitched a series of fabric coffins around the quilt’s edge with the names of her family on them and unpicked them one by one as the people died….
re-sewing the coffins at the centre inside a graveyard.
Art-therapy at its best?
I really love this work by Grayson Perry. He said that this was the first embroidery he ever made…and although I am not a big fan of computer controlled embroidery, I do like the title, the costume and the concept.
Claire as the mother of all battles 1996 Photographic print
Grayson Perry
“I had this photograph taken of me on the roof of my studio with a Kalashnikov, pretending it was Sarajevo” Grayson Perry
Detail from Mother of all Battles Cotton and rayon, computer controlled embroidery
“The appeal for me is that embroidery has a precious quality to it, like gold”, he says…and I cannot agree more!
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