Gravity
4.75" x 46", August 2022
Needlepoint on 13-mesh canvas, Planet Earth Fiber 100% silk yarn, cotton fabrics, craft and origami papers. Fusible web appliqué.
Technical challenges:  The needlepoint was originally meant to be one panel of a pair. Sketched the outlines onto canvas, worked out colors on a photocopy, then inked. About halfway through the stitching process, my art quilt group decided to make scroll quilts. This piece was exactly the right width to integrate into the dimensions we were discussing. What would the rest of the scroll look like? Made quite a few fabric blocks in the same colors to see what might happen, but they did not want to be part of this project. Next attempt: Took the other canvas I'd outlined to go with this one and used tracing paper to make templates of each individual shape. One of my textile-expert friends suggested having them fall in a cascade to the bottom edge. (Thanks, Molly!)