April 1, 2017 by Leonie Andrews

April stitch

I have taken some progress shots of both sides of the piece I’m stitching for the #365handstitch challenge.

The first side I started of this piece

And then I started on the other side of the fabric.

Working my way into the other side

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outsideauthority April 1, 2017 at 9:05 am

It looks amazing Leonie. Lots of different associations going through my mind. Wish I could hold it!

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1. Leonie Andrews April 2, 2017 at 4:23 am
  
  Thank you. I am really pleased with how it is developing.
  
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Rosie Scribblah April 2, 2017 at 5:31 am

Oh I love this, so free

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1. Leonie Andrews April 3, 2017 at 5:44 am
  
  Thanks Rosie. But I still worry about spoiling it! 😃
  
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  1. Rosie Scribblah April 3, 2017 at 5:56 am
    
    Always an issue with us artists
    
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Mo Crow April 3, 2017 at 4:09 pm

stunning work, echoes of Junko Oki!

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1. Mo Crow April 3, 2017 at 4:43 pm
  
  that’s a compliment, you can do it with your eyes closed!
  
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  1. Leonie Andrews April 6, 2017 at 1:12 pm
    
    What I like best about working with my eyes closed is that I can’t ‘judge’ what I am doing. I can’t self censor. As a result the work is much bolder than if I could see what I wss doing.
    
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2. Leonie Andrews April 6, 2017 at 1:09 pm
  
  High praise indeed. I had the sheer joy of seeing her work when I was in Japan last year. My favourite piece you could walk all around. It was suspended in the gallery by its four corners.
  
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  1. Mo Crow April 6, 2017 at 3:12 pm
    
    I would love to see her work in real life, the closest I have come is 3 of her books, Culte a la Carte, Punk & Gris Gris
    
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  2. Leonie Andrews April 6, 2017 at 11:25 pm
    
    Yes i have those too. I emailed her before I went to Japan and she told me about the exhibition. Sadly I didn’t get to meet her, which would have been exciting.
    
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kestrelart April 5, 2017 at 10:20 pm

It has a cartographic quality. I was thinking Middle Earth, but that does not fit.

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1. Leonie Andrews April 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm
  
  Thanks Neil. It is always interesting to hear what other people are finding in the work. I did a really interesting class on maps and mapping at art school. It remains an interest, but I hadn’t thought of it in this context. Thanks I think I will have a bit of a chew on that idea.
  
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