The Textile Cuisine

For the past few months I was stitching plants. All kinds of imagined plants in many shapes and sizes. I'm fascinated by medieval tapestries, the natural world depicted in them on a very detailed and complex way. At that time they were the most expensive pieces of art considering the high quality of raw materials used and a very long and difficult production process. They were called "mobile frescos of North" and decorated walls of the noble interiors. Of course I don't want to copy medieval tapestries but studying them makes me eager to create complex worlds filled with intricate details, pulling viewer through the layers and textures just to amaze them and bring joy of unexpected discoveries. It's not fashionable nowadays to spend hours on this kind of time consuming work, but who cares? At least it is the time well spent and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who appreciate this kind of work. Wanna see some process pictures? Enjoy!

As you can see the heat wave kept me away from the blog. But it gave me some space for slow stitching and thinking. And while coming back to my blog after the break it dawned on me that I didn't show you the projects mentioned at the start but not when completed. Let's take for example the biggest one - "Red garden". Jak widzicie fala upałów skutecznie powstrzymała mnie od blogowania. Ale też dała trochę więcej miejsca na spokojne, powolne szycie i myślenie. No i uświadomiłam sobie, że mam różne projekty o których rozpoczęciu pisałam, a skończonych nie pokazałam. Na przykład ten największy - "Czerwony ogród". I started it 2 years ago (see it HERE ), took some pictures during the process and the rest was lost in the long hours of hand stitching. Zaczęłam go 2 lata temu (zobaczcie TU ), zrobiłam kilka zdjęć w trakcie i przepadł w długich godzinach szycia ręcznego. So here it is in the full finished view: Oto on skończony i w całości: and from...