one Englishwoman's work
maiden mother and crone has been accepted for the Harley open. I m kind of relieved tbh, because she s been rejected so many times I was beginning to think there s something wrong with her. I mean, I think it s hands down one of the best things I ve ever done technically it was a challenging piece, [ ]
A weekend class at the asmolean for opus anglicanum unicornshttps://www.ashmolean.org/event/medieval-embroidery-weekend-opus-anglicanum
it wasn t hannah wadingham orthe other one that she reminded me off it was Molly Ringwold (gareth wanted to watch pretty in pink a few weeks ago. it all fell into place when I added the hair and pearls. she s all covered up now, because she can t go to her new home until I ve [ ]
So, to recap, Lady O Hagan is an Edwardian portrait done in late OPus Anglicanum style because of her ties to Towenely Hall, because that s where the Middleton vestments are displayed. I kept her skin tone as pale as any respectable Edwardian Laydeea would desire, as well as keeping the lip colour pretty neutral, because only [ ]
so, Lady O Hagan is based on an Edwardian photograph. One slight problem was that the photo showed her dress as simply a white blur, a hint of lace, parhaps, but so little definition that I couldn t even tell for sure where the neckline might be. I ended up going for this apricot creme drapery because [ ]
set up with 3 new opus prjects to work onover the summer, all experimental in one way or another. I m hoping now I ve got this framed up I ll get on, since I ve been so frazzled since the IMC I haven t done muchleft is the second in my series memories of lost love for my recently deceased [ ]
new kit. Peter is all grown up and getting his own back on McGregor note the multicoloured heritage carrots (quite heavily adapted from an image in the Smithfield decretals)
I have a few extra class kits from last week that I ve put in ata reduced price, plus a few other odds and ends for half pricehttps://www.opusanglicanumembroidery.com/shop/sale-items/7?page=1 limit=30 sort_by=category_order sort_order=asc location_id=V6TXWDQ4K7QCV
A bigger version of Aethelflaed just went off to Durham University Oriental museum. Because she s about 25% bigger than the one I made for the kit, I gave a heftier sceptre, fancier crown, wavy haid and some cute little vamp stripes on her shoes she s still giving the mansplainers some side eye thoughkit is here