Panels

Stepping Through

2000

Mounted wall panel exhibited with the Embroiderers' Guild in the Riches of Stitches exhibition

w39.5cm x h52cm

Inspiration: Lake Palace, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Techniques: Cut work and applique with a variety of stitches

Furnishing weight fabric applied with silk fragments and stitched with a mix of different threads

My Travels

2000

Mounted panel

w51cm x h54cm

Inspiration: Buildings on the seafront in Genoa, Italy

Techniques: Felt making, variations of herringbone stitch

Hand made felt. A mix of cotton thread

Angan (courtyard)

1998

Framed panel exhibited with the Kingston Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild

w51cm x h45.5cm

Inspiration: A detail from an Indian Miniature painting

Techniques: Blackwork and satin stitch worked in coloured threads

Even weave linen with cotton thread

Bouquet

1997

Mounted panel

w50cm x h53cm

Inspiration: Examples of crewel work in museum collections

Techniques: Crewelwork

Ground of furnishing fabric with perle cotton thread

Ceramic Tiles

1993

Mounted panel

w48cm x h18cm

Inspiration: Blue ceramic tiles

Techniques: Black work and satin stitch worked in blue threads

Evenweave ground with cotton thread

Midnight Light

1992

Mounted panel

w38.5cm x h40.5cm

Inspiration: Light peeping through a hole in a hut in Rajasthan

Techniques: Sheesha with Maltese stitch and kantha

Mirrors, fragments of coloured muslins, cotton threads on a cotton ground

Souvenir from the sea 2

1986

Mounted panel

w36cm x h30cm

Inspiration: The colour and texture of a stone

Techniques: Mixture of straight and feather stitches with hand made felt

Hand made felt stitched with a mix of threads

Dragon

1986

Mounted panel

w18cm x h24cm

Inspiration: Chinese dragon. Challenge to use only chain stitch.

Techniques: Chain stitch

Silk ground with cotton thread

Krishna

1986

Mounted Wall Panel

w92cm x h62cm

Inspiration: Study from the Mahabharata

Techniques: Painted cotton with beadwork and sheesha

Blue cotton ground. Paint, beads and mirrors.

Dancing Peacocks

1986

Mounted panel

w40cm x h40cm

Inspiration: Painted wooden carvings in a museum in India

Techniques: Sheesha with brick stitch

Cotton ground with a mix of cotton threads