I wanted an entirely different texture on this part. Again I wanted to show movement but this time a rolling movement. I didn't want any straight lines so the little button hole and chain stitch that I used was free form, following the curved outline. Mostly I have used buttonhole wheels and whipped or woven spider's wheels with French knots and bullion knots to fill some of the spaces.
So I just started randomly placing wheels.
And added more.
And continued adding wheels and knots until I filled the entire shape.
On October 30, 1961 the USSR tested the Tzar Bomb on the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago. It was not the first H-bomb test nor the last, but it was the biggest most powerful nuclear device ever detonated.
As I was only one month old, I obviously don't remember it but the spectre of nuclear war hung over my childhood like the enormous mushroom clouds that resulted from the tests.
I find it rather poignant that such a potent and strangely beautiful image is the result of something so disgustingly evil.
11 comments:
powerfull image..
I agree with Doris. It's a very powerful image. It's also beautiful! Well done!
Wow that is pretty texture!
this is great - I agree with the others.
NICE! Love the colors and the combinations of stitches!!
You turned a mushroom cloud into a thing of beauty. Nicely done. Beautiful stitching.
I love the mass of flowers, the stitching is great.Thanks for the detailed photographs.
Incredible!
Beautiful! The texture you've created is gorgeous!
Love the colours and textures - and then the double-take when you realise what it is!
Beautiful stitching! Such a texture! thsi si one of my favourite stitch
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