Reversed cushion stitch in green

This is the front of the worked piece showing the variety of green threads used including:

perle cotton various thicknesses, Rajmahal Art Silk (viscose), Madeira rayon sewing thread, Anchor pearl cotton 8 multicolour, from 2 to 6 stranded cotton embroidery thread (a la Anchor/DMC), DMC cotton perle 12, fun slub thread, ordinary wool, Anchor fil a broder cotton, fun pack variety bought at an exhibition.

The stitch was varied slightly here and there i.e. not reversed in some instances and in others it was overstitched with a thin contrast thread to embellish.

The back of the piece:

Shapes and Voids

Photo, (reversed) shapes and colours.


Tracing and coloured result showing plaster stripes and lichen blobs.





Good starter for a random patchwork project.



This negative rubbing reminded me of cracked leather - perhaps another project with the backing material being cracked leather and covered with embroidery.

Colours

Using Papermania brush markers, Staedtler triplus color (sic) pens and Aquarelle watersoluble pencils.

Flicking paint, blocks of colour, mosaic blocks and woven strips.

Picking up on some of the colours on the 3rd picture in the first post.

Oil Pastel Rubbings

Various wax wall rubbings. Using a home made paper frame to 'see' shapes/patterns within. Final brown rubbings are actually done using a white oil pastel rubbing with sepia writing ink painted over the top. A tissue was used to clean off any ink on the wax and give a negative image.

The Wall

Three pictures of two different walls at a nearby church. The first is a plaster and lichen affair, good for wax rubbings, giving a criss-cross pattern. The second is a random patchwork affair and gives a pleasing 'void' shape (see next post). The final wall is the most colourful: plenty of green, yellow, white, mushroom brown and greys (light grey and slate grey/almost blue).

Stitches suggested are:

1st picture - good old cross stitch although norwich stitch could be used in adjoining blocks.

2nd picture - perhaps a rhodes stitch for the 'patches' and a tent stitch for the mortar.

3rd picture - using only one stitch, I think a cushion stitch could be used to shade the shapes or painted canvas and needleweaving to suggest either the shapes or the moss.