Needle Eye
Embroidery based artwork by Eleanor Edwardes
'Stitch Graffiti' - Found embroideries with hand stitched interventions
Found tray cloth featuring cross-stitched pagoda scene. Added bomb cloud and planes.
Found cloth featuring embroidered flower bouquet. Added text: 'He must have blown it big time!' From humorous comment made by a friend upon observing a man exiting a Florists'. (Image courtesy of Sarah Walsh, 2013)
Found cloth featuring text: 'Sharing'. Added image of squabbling children.
Found embroidered piece featuring traditional village scene. Added drunken man outside pub.
Found handkerchief case featuring cross-stitched pagoda scene. Added text: 'Made in China', a comment on hand versus mass-production. (Image courtesy of Sarah Walsh, 2013)
Found handkerchief case featuring image of swans. Added text: 'OMG! A 2 headed swan!' due to ambiguous nature of the image.
Found handkerchief featuring text: 'To my dear mother'. Added text in contrasting informal, handwritten style: "Will meet U outside cinema @ 7.30 - where U want 2 go 4 dinner? Good journey? TTFN x" (from message to own mother). (Image courtesy of Sarah Walsh, 2013)
Found lace-edged handkerchief. Added text: 'Bless You!' in traditional monogram style. (Image courtesy of Sarah Walsh, 2013)
Found handkerchief featuring pastel pink 'K' monogram. Added portrait image of Katie Price. (Image courtesy of Sarah Walsh, 2013)