For the second year running Leamington member, Sue Cooke, has won the Julia Caprara Award for Use of Colour in the Guild Members' Challenge 'All that Glistens'.
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| Homage to Van Eyck, Sue Cooke |
You may have seen "Homage to Van Eyck" if you went to the Fashion, Embroidery, Stitch Show at the NEC recently, where it was on display on the Guild stand.
Sue says, "I used the pomegranate motif because this is popular in Renaissance painting. I'm also fascinated by the way these artists reproduced gold just using layers of paint, so this seemed to tie in with the competition title.
"The background paper was stitched in white before painting and then some transfoil added. The applied motif was machine stitched onto vanishing muslin, burnt to achieve the distressed look of Renaissance fabric before wrapped cords were added."
Congratulations (again), Sue!
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