Some Houses, And Some Inspiration!
Posted on | March 15, 2024 | 5 Comments
I have shown my Sue Spargo houses before, when I had only appliqued the background. I am now steadily working through them to get each one embroidered. Slow and steady. I am working through the book in numerical order, so these are 1 to 8.
You can see the different wool backgrounds, but a lot of the small embroidery doesn’t always show up in blog pics.
On to the inspiration part of this post. We have spent several days staying in Sale, about 2 hours from home. The reason was to see Annemieke Mein’s retrospective at the gallery in Sale.. This year is her 80th birthday and the exhibition is a celebration of her work, from childhood to the present day.
I have to say that is was a stunning exhibition.
This photo was taken from the floor above the gallery and is looking down onto only one of the gallery spaces showing her work. Lots of information and even a section set up to show what her workshop/studio looks like. Many of the exhibits had the original artwork and the test pieces made before the final work.
I think the thing that stayed with me was the amount of preparation that goes into each piece. All the trial and error. And all the pieces left out. I would love to make things as good as those that didn’t meet Annemieke’s standards.
I treated myself to a special gift – her newest book celebrating this exhibition.
If you live close enough, or are prepared to travel, it is well worth a visit.
That’s it for me. I have a book to read.
Cheers, Karen
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The cutest houses! So much work goes into each one. The exhibition sounds amazing.
Beautiful embellishments on your blocks, Karen!!! The Annemieke Mein exhibit and book sound amazing!!!
Hi Karen, I am excited to say that I have booked a little getaway to Sale, Metung and Kilcunda for mid-April when the kids go back to school. I am looking forward to seeing the Annemieke exhibition! Your Sue Spargo neighbourhood is certainly growing! Maybe we should put you in charge of building all those new ones the homeless need.
Loving your houses. Funnily enough only this week did I meet a lady who showed me her book by AM – I hadn’t heard of her before… what a lovely exhibition to go and see… I would love it
Hugz
There is such a lot of work in those houses, they are all little works of art.