Here is another lucky find – from the Layers of Meaning website, the work of Eirian Short, a welsh embroidery artist. It is difficult to find much of her work on-line but I have found these image and articles.
Eirian Short
31 Mar 2008 Leave a comment
in Art, Colour, Inspiration Tags: embroidery, fibre art, puppet
Prison embroidery – Ray Materson
29 Mar 2008 1 Comment
in Art, Inspiration Tags: embroidery, fibre art, prison art
I stumbled across this website : the portfolio of Ray Materson who began embroidering in prison, serving a 15 year sentence. The link goes to a portfolio of his embroideries – each one about 9 x 8 cm. This is quoted from the biography on this site:
“Soon Ray would find redemption in a pair of yellow and blue striped socks. The tedious prison routine and the constant fear for his life led him to spiritual re-awakening, and inspired Ray to try his hand at embroidery. Using the thread unraveled from colored socks and a makeshift sewing hoop, Ray began with simple designs and sports logos on baseball caps. He sold his artwork to inmates for cigarettes and bags of coffee. Ray found that his art gave him a certain status in the prison’s social order, a new found respect among gang members, killers and the social outcasts.”
Masha du Toit 
Recent Comments