Contemporary Embroidery & Experiments

"Naked in the Garden" by ©Gavin Fry
Photo used with  permission

Gavin Fry describes himself as a "sunday embroiderer" lol, and boy he sure uses that day well. What I like about this work is the mixture of modern and traditional, the foreshortened figure (which is always a drawing challenge),the beautiful border, the colour of the fabric and of course the stitchwork.

Experiments

hand dyed muslin with acrylic paint, floss, photograph and beads.

Thought I would experiment integrating a photograph of one of my paintings (operation candyman) into an embroidery piece. I thought about printing it on the fabric, or using a photo transfer but somehow I wanted the actual photograph . They are very clever at making people see what they want to see, BUT how on earth did Garrido, with a brutal history, manage to fool the parole board into releasing him after 10 years of serving a 50 year sentence? "They just didn't view Mr. Garrido as that serious a threat, because he had been on parole a long time," Simon said. "He was living with his wife, he was fully employed." WHAT!. Anyone who has spent time learning about sexual predators knows what their modus operandi is, knows the recidvism rates, knows that therapy hasn't proven to be effective.
Being on parole a long time, living with a wife, being fully employed is NOT proof of anything.
sheesh!