Bark Marks

Found this journal page from my last trip to England

As you might guess I found it very crowded

Cars everywhere and parked in every nook and cranny

and of course people everywhere too

Where I live 4 cars on the road is a traffic jam

For the last month I've been mulling over a commitment

to work on a series of tree bark pieces.

Once upon a time I would have jumped right in stitching textures

but my work has changed and I'm resisting that temptation.

How can I create a piece of stitching inspired by bark but not recreating it?

So after seeing that England doodle

I'm drawing marks on tracing paper with bark photographs underneath

trying to remember not to trace the image

but work on stitches that might mark the bark. 

Could become a mess if I use too many different stitches

but I like the concept.

Still mulling things over

More doodling to be done

What size would fit?

Natural dyed cloth would be appropriate.

At this stage I have to allow percolating time.