The Textile Cuisine

Here is my newest textile work with a cooking theme. I finished it some months earlier but much to my surprise I had to revisit it and make some changes. The idea came from an older piece where I visualized the beginning of spring as a big pot boiling with first blooms. "Summer cooking" was made in the summer and I thought it was done although it looked differently from what you see now. I liked it and the response from viewers was great but it dawned on me that people see something different from what I wanted to show. At first it didn't bother me (everything in the eye of beholder of course) but finally I decided to give it another try. Long, autumnal evenings came handy for adding more embroidery stitches here and there. The whole piece remains the same but the small additions make the difference. The sun got some new golden touches too: And the blue leaves appeared: Now you can compare both versions yourself. Hope you prefer "after" th...

So it is Summer - with temperatures over 30 C we know it really is. Sitting in front of computer seems a bit too much. But sitting in the nice shadow and stitching is perfect. Feels like holidays :)  Let's enjoy the sun and all the summer pleasures! Nadeszło lato - fala upałów przekonuje, że to naprawdę ono. Siedzenie w tych warunkach przed komputerem to raczej przesada. Ale już siedzenie w miłym cieniu i szycie jest super. Zupełnie jak na wakacjach :) No to cieszmy się słońcem i wszystkimi letnimi przyjemnościami!

Summer is finished and it was a good one, wasn't it? Warm, sunny and so rich with colors and tastes. I had to capture its fading away: Lato się skończyło, a piękne było wyjątkowo, prawda? Ciepłe, słoneczne i takie bogate w kolory i smaki. Bardzo chciałam uchwycić ten  moment jego powlnego rozpływania się: I wanted to make a small, frame-able piece just to say "good bye!" to Summer. But it turned a bit bigger (32 x 44 cm) so I better add a hanging sleeve on the back because it is big enough to hang on the wall on its own. It will be available for sale as soon as I add this sleeve - which means it may take ages :) As we are heading to Autumn it is time for some changes in the wardrobe, right? To miała być taka mała "oprawialna" praca, takie "pa, pa!" dla lata. A wyszła ciut większa (32 x 44 cm) i chyba powinnam przyszyć z tyłu tunel do samodzielnego wiszenia. Więc praca będzie na sprzedaż jak tylko ten tunel - w praktyce może oznaczać to wieki :)...