Inside Out – a Brunel Broderers Exhibition August 11 – 31, 2015 at Nature in Art
Prayer Flags Inside- the 9 flags
Turmeric and tea dyed cloth – healing and restorative
Perfuming the air
Woad transforming to blue as it emerges from the water
A language of stitches…
French knots like prayer beads
Buttonhole for whole and partial thoughts
Feather stitch connecting to the natural world
Herringbone for a journey
Loose threads reaching out to touch
Fragments of cloth caught and held
Framed and backed in beeswax poured onto scrim…
A short film of the flags on May 1st (Beltane) in a bluebell wood is on show
(This is not available from Thursday 20th pm for 4 days)
Please view – and click on HD for best quality! https://vimeo.com/133260596
Prayer Flags Outside
Susi Bancroft uses natural dyes and is concerned with both ancient and contemporary techniques. Her prayer flags in the garden use ancient dyeing techniques with tea, turmeric and woad. The flags move in the breeze and send out their messages – each is hand embroidered with French knots for thoughts of peace and hope. In the gallery inside a film of the flags brings them into the twenty first century.
The prayer flags are grouped outside in the grounds…
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