Rosemarie Beck: painting to stitches

I friend told me about this artist when she heard what I was doing.  Rosemarie Beck has been  translating her work into stitch a long time before I got my bright idea to do it. It is fascinating to look at her stitches and how she translated her painting style. You can see more on her website and better images than my photo from the small catalogue page (or click on the link underneath the embroidery).

Jafabrit’s Studio

Meanwhile my embroidery is coming along
AND I figured out how to attach the doors and what to use for the doorhandles on my shrine piece without spending any money. I used waxed thread to hinge the doors and two beads for the handles.


I thought this article interesting, but I don't think people ever stopped appreciating the skills that go into a work of art or craft, do you?

Has Conceptual Art Jumped the Shark Tank?
Denis Dutton
"We ought, then, to stop kidding ourselves that painstakingly developed artistic technique is passé, a value left over from our grandparents’ culture. Evidence is all around us. Even when we have lost contact with the social or religious ideas behind the arts of bygone civilizations, we are still able, as with the great bronzes or temples of Greece or ancient China, to respond directly to craftsmanship."

Award Stuff

I want to say thanks

to Robinsunne for the Award :)

AND a thanks to
Jean at Snap Out of It Jean: There's beading to be done!

YEs, eeeeeeeeeek! Jean sent me this MONTHS ago.