In her wonderful book, Home Is My Garden, Dorothy Hammond Innes writes about her husband, Ralph (Hammond Innes) inventing a very special Christmas punch, Mull-Innes: “A good wine to start with , and the right additions of liqueur and brandy…The year he perfected it we had a friend staying in the house who was extremely interested in wine and had a fine cellar. I went into the kitchen where they were tasting it, drawn by the gorgeous smell. Our friend, putting down his glass, was saying: ‘It’s very smooth now, Ralph, almost perfection. Do you think… if you just showed it the brandy once more…?’ “
Well, I often get to that point when making textile art (without the comfort of a glass of the stuff). I’ve been stitching on one of my Elements in the Landscape pieces and am wondering… what if I just showed it the brandy, er.. the sewing machine, once more…?
Berries on the Wabash: original photographs, photoshopped, printed on silk, machine stitched. 20"x13"
Detail.
06/08/2011 at 7:16 pm
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