This is a large (186cm x 174cm) piece inspired by photographs of the only significant building left standing after the Atom-bombing of Hiroshima. I had been looking at the shadows left by people and objects after the bomb but found this rather to disturbing to pursue.
I spent a brilliant week at West Dean learning from our tutor Jo Budd how to dye with rust. The fabrics used in this piece were all dyed at this workshop.
This is a work-in-progress. I am still busy on the detailed stitching of this piece which is probably going to take a lot more time to finish particularly as I am hand stitching everything at the moment; I may add some machine stitch later.
Again it is interesting to see all the different takes on the theme shadows. Your original idea of the shadows left of things after a nuclear explosion is certainly very different, but I can understand that you decided not to continue with it.
Very interesting cloth that you produced with rust dyeing. I have a CD by Lois Jarvis about rust dyeing but I’ve not got around to doing any yet myself. You can get some lovely colours though.