I'm having a blast stitching up this turtle. It's interesting how my marks have a different expressive quality than the original drawing, even thought I'm trying to follow it closely.
Louis Nicolas used a very loose, jagged-y scribble to shade the turtle shell. He wasn't able to achieve a naturalistic effect, instead the turtle looks bizarre and chaotic. I have to resist my desire to correct his drawing. It's a good challenge.
Images of pages from the Codex Canadensis are from the Library and Archives of Canada website.
I'm fascinated with this... amazing. I can make drawn marks for hours on end, but can't imagine stitching this. Well, maybe I can imagine it but can't imagine trying it.
ReplyDeleteI love this Heather. Keep going.
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love the turtle, fabulous work. think you are going to dissappear into your stitching.
ReplyDeletethis is so beautiful and what an inspiration! I immediately want to make get stitching in black and white, thank you.
ReplyDeletewhat can i say? All i can say is "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
ReplyDeleteso, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
this made my jaw drop. love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching, perhaps a
ReplyDeletesnapping turtle??
This looks amazing! Beautiful!
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