Renewal - Detail

The final piece for RENEWAL is made up of two silk machine embroidered and painted panels that sit at right angles to each other to capture the corner of the new studio.  The panels are 90 x 86cm and 90 x 147cm in size.  The largest panel is the biggest that I have attempted to work through the sewing machine.  With some careful folding and manipulating, I was surprised how well it worked.

The splatter marks within the painted sections represent the years of accumulated paint on the floor of Michael’s old studio, which represented memories of all the work that he had done in that space.