First, I laid down textures of printing inks in sepia and indigo, drawing around some of my Dad's old architectural forms. Once that was thoroughly dried and set, I used mapping pens to draw clouds and shapes and vapours. I then added hand stitching using red domestic cotton and black upholstery thread salvaged from bobbin-winding at work.
The whole effect is floating and peaceful, making me think of winter or autumn day-break. The shapes in the upper half of the picture are how I imagined bird-song to be notated; not the mad lustiness of the spring and summer chorus, but rather the sort of meditative tootling and twittering small birds make at that time of year.
On a Small Scale exhibition will be available to view and purchase exclusively online on the Open Eye Gallery's website during November and December.
All works in the exhibition are 15 x 21cm, either portrait or landscape format.