2007. Sewing Box. Oil and ink on canvas. 1m x 1.75m.
'Silhouettes in Cross Stitch' are a series of paintings based on an old book of cross stitch patterns found in a second-hand bookshop. Translating the designs into giant oil paintings is about questioning the relationship between craft and high art. The labour-intensive nature of the work is undertaken with a consideration of the marking and valuing of time. The resulting pixulated images set both craft and painting within the context of the digital image.
2007. Sewing Box. Oil and ink on canvas. 1m x 1.75m.