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This item is made-to-order and will be posted to you by Lydia Needle within 3 days of receiving payment.
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| United Kingdom | £10.00 | |
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Plants for pollinators 4 - Thistle - Cyanotype & stitch
This piece is called Thistle and is one of a series of works made to highlight the importance of 'weeds' for our amazing pollinators. These thistles are one of the plants vilified in the Weeds Act of 1959 but they are so important as source of nectar for our bees and other pollinators but especially bumblebees.
I made it by painting scrap natural fabric in cynotype dyes. I then hid it amongst plants in the field margins at Lytes Cary, for days, or in some cases weeks. All of the cyanotypes were hidden in the places where bees might rest, or overwinter as eggs, larvae, or in the case of bumblebees, hibernating queens.
When I retrieved the cyanotype, I washed and bleached it in an ash bath. Then I toned it with leftover green tea and stitched on the thistle with vintage threads and mounted into an unglazed frame.
Finally, I added a mining bee which likes to feed from thistles - this bee was made with needlefelted wool, stitch and antique cold leaf.
Media: scrap fabric painted with cyanotype dyes, bleached with ash and toned with used green tea and stitched with vintage threads, needlefelted wool and antique gold leaf.
In unglazed box frame measuring 30cm x 30cm
Postage in UK only but if you would like me to post overseas, please get in touch so we can discuss our options
Designed by Lydia Needle.
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