For April's project my inspiration came from Aboriginal 'Dreamtime' philosophy, a term which describes key aspects of Aboriginal creation and spirituality. This led beautifully into thoughts about their native paintings consisting entirely or largely of coloured dots. For the Moonlight aspect, I chose to work with an inky blue and silver/white colour and very much wanted to have an aspect of reflected moonlight - in this case, onto mountains.
An embroidered piece consisting of French Knots seemed an ideal medium for my expression of this theme. I worked with a dark blue cotton background and embroidery silks in a limited palette.
Work in progress....
Quite a few hours ( and some dodgy knots and wonky lines! ) later, the piece is released from its hoops and pressed. It is approx. 9 x 7 inches ( 22 x 17.5cm ).
In detail
