A post card - inspired by a visit to a touring exhibition of embroidered works called the Scottish Diaspora Tapestries. I was surprised and delighted that this exhibition of some 300 panels was touring the world and stopped off at my regional town :-). An amazing story of community endevour resulted in works which record the effect of Scottish migration around the globe.
I was intrigued by how the human face was rendered in crewel wool on heavy linen and gave expression and character to the individual faces. The faces were variously completely stitched or just an outline. The textures in pieces made me want to reach out and touch.
Here are a couple of my favs. You can see them all at the site which is linked above :-)
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