Friday 11 March 2011

Watery Backwoods and Stitched Backs

A thin strip of water in the woods still manages to reflect the sky above...

but a tumbling river rushes by too fast to capture sky reflections.





Made me think of the back side of the rusty gate piece.
Perhaps a frozen river passing through my stitches.


Could be ski tracks in the snow.




Perhaps some whirlpool activity in a wintery river.
Stitched backs are fascinating.


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8 comments:

  1. yes, they are as fascinating as flower backs. how funny, we're both thinking of the re/verses.

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  2. Yes, and you can always tell the work of an accomplished stitcher by the back. Yours looks great!

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  3. I love the 'back' of stitchery also. Especially punchneedle where the design is so crisp (except for those little fuzzies where I've clipped the thread).

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  4. See we're all drawn to backsides!

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  5. "... a tumbling river rushes by too fast to capture sky reflections" - I love that. I think there is art in that :)

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  6. I've often wondered why someone hasn't done a series of art pieces that are actually meant to have their backsides facing frontside. I know a lady who does the most exquisite cross stitch and her backsides are every bit as neat as the fronts - I'm always disappointed when I turn her pieces over because I LIKE the disorderliness of threads hanging and woven through!

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  7. Backsides, just another perspective of the same story?

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