GALLERY FOUR
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THREE DIMENSIONAL
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MIXED MEDIA TEXTILES
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Scroll down for Thrift and Alchemy White Noise and Gold.
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My books Into the Cacao Grove and The Stone Bird are featured below, and are both available as printed facsimile soft back books.Please visit my HOME page for details.
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The Stone Bird
is based upon my interest in fossils, the natural world and also, of course, birds.It won first prize in the Quilt Creations section of the Festival of Quilts 2011.It then toured to the three Knitting and Stitching shows in London, Dublin and Harrogate.
Like my previous book [see below]it is quite large, being about 80cm x 55cm, and weighing 12 kg. The printed version is A4 sized, full of images and text, and comes with an informative bookmark too.
Both this book and Into the Cacao Grove are constructed from hand painted and printed fabric, machine and hand stitch embroidery and feature my own text and designs.
Here are some images from The Stone Bird
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Cover
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During 2009 I made my first large artist's book,
Into the Cacao Grove
It won second prize in the Quilt Creations section of the Festival of Quilts 2009, held at the NEC, Birmingham.Based on life in the tropical rain forest it is 80cm x 50cm and weighs 12kg.
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It is available in paperback as a facsimile of the textile book.
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THE COVER OF INTO THE CACAO GROVE.
Here are some images from the book,and some of the text.
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TITLE PAGE
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Dawn moth leaving,
Jewel drops descend
the column of night.
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Baroque islands float
Beneath frantic
wingbeat.
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Into the cacao grove
Golden fruit,
Floating
In the red heat.
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THRIFT and ALCHEMY
This is the name of my recycling and upcycling project. I have finished two works, one of which is a 16 piece project called White Noise. It is an artist's book which will be at the Festival of Quilts in 2012, on my stand.These images are of the mixed media work on each page.
Each page is 45cm x 30cm, appliqued mixed and painted fabrics, papers, plastics, metal, porcelain, and various objects, with hand and machine stitch.
Gold will be exhibited as a hanging, and after the White Noise images you can see the separate components of the piece. Each is around 30 x 30 cm, machine and hand stitched using mixed reclaimed media.
There is a poem which will also be shown with the work, which I have included here.
It will be shown in Worcester Cathedral in May 2012 and at the Festival of Quilts 2012.
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WHITE NOISE
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FROST
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REGENERATE
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UNQUIET NIGHT
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MOON AND ICE
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ICE
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SNOW LINE
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SLEEP
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BONE
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SANCTUARY
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SOLSTICE
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FROZEN
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FRAGMENT/VEIN
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SNOW FIELDS
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POLAR/EQUATORIAL
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ICE BONE
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WHITE NOISE
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GOLD
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From the bright sky,
a curious sabbatical, temporal,
for some, of the soul,
dropped warmth into autumn.
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A rare trespass,
augmented
sun
and heat.
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Iron cold forgotten,
I wake at six to see
Orion,
sharp in the still dark.
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Later, black leaves against
rich dense sky,
orange, ochre, silver, indigo;
sun hidden yet.
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A rain of acorns,
rib rich red paeony leaf
crimson and vermilion wax of discarded berry, a lapidary delight.
Shimmering light on scuffed leaves,
a summer lassitude,
gold.
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14 B00KS
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14 BOOKS is a mixed media wall piece dealing with autobiographical material. It incorporates stitched fabric and paper, printed images, painted illustrations, text and mixed media additions.
Each page is A 3 sized, 30 cm x 40 cm, and the works are mounted on Khadi paper
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14 BOOKS
2.2 m x 70 cm
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YOUNG II
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LAND
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COLLECTION II MUSEUM
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QUESTIONS AND WISHES
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.THE JOY OF MAPS
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PLACES KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
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COLLECTION I
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PASSED
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YOUNG I
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BOTANICAL
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THE ILLUSTRATED DAYS
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OUTINGS
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BIRDS
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VERY EDIBLE
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All images are copyright Stephanie Redfern 2012
All rights reserved.