‘ThreadBound’ – Candida Stevens’s gallery, Chichester. 2022
Alice Kettle. Professor of Textile Arts, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University.
‘She has developed a unique practice, creating textile works which employs a combination of stitch techniques, combining the use of antique machines from early last century with hand stitch and contemporary digital technology.’ Candida Stevens, 2021
THREADBOUND
“For centuries humans have exchanged flowers as an expression of the entire emotional range and throughout history they have been symbolic………
………Made between March 2020 and September 2021, a period of global pandemic, these artworks address the experience of being home bound and are consistent with the reaction of being preoccupied with one’s surroundings……’ Alice Kettle
Adam and Eve
Thread and beads on printed canvas. Each panel 260cm x 90cm. 2020
Hair washing
Thread on linen 166cm x 144cm. 2021
Flower Dress
Thread on linen 249cm x 142cm. 2021
Fern
Thread on linen 159cm x 144cm. 2021
Two Heads
Thread on linen. 39.5cm x 60cm. 2021
I wonder at Alice’s work – there is innuendo, freedom, joyous stitch – surprise.
I visited this exhibition in Salisbury March 2022.
This free machine embroidery technique of working from the back of the fabric excites me however I have never attempted it!
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