Made from stuff I collected while on holiday with my family a few years back, and mounted onto a Thomas Lawrence poster (found in the bin at work), below.
For sale in my Folksy shop.
You can find out about the papers used for each section, here: Section 1. Section 2.
Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9.
The squares are cut from leaflets for exhibitions I have visited. For sale in my Folksy shop.
Credits in links: Discus Thrower, Tom, Marlene Dumas, Toby, Eric Huntley, Sonia Delaunay, Kurt Schwitters, Alberto Giacometti, Egon Schiele, John Singer Sargent, Allen Jones, Laura Knight, Indigenous Australia, Alexander McQueen, Gustav Klimt, Ai Weiwei
The credits for each square are below:
Mother 1 : Herodias, maybe. Mother 2: Marlene Dietrich Mother 3: Madonna
Mother 4: Olga Picasso Mother 5: Judy Garland Mother 6: Esther Williams
Mother 7: Twiggy Mother 8: Princess Margaret Mother 9: Sarah Forbes Bonetta
Mother 10: Naomi James Mother 11: Barbra Streisand Mother 12: Artemisia Gentileschi
Mother 13: Pregnant Woman Mother 14: Mary Beale Mother 15: Pam’s Mummy
Mostly made from knackered old books which were beyond reading, but I used some postcards, a diary and some museum/theatre leaflets, too.
1.Postman Pat 2.Richard Beckinsale 3.Emigrants 4.Paul Klee 5.Henri Matisse
6.GWR Poster 7.Prince Charles 8.Clark Gable 9.Humphrey Bogart 10.Damien Hirst
11.Ai Weiwei 12. Pepito’s Father 13.Joseph 14. Peter Blake 15.Stewart Lee 16.John Lennon
Made from knackered old books, magazines, postcards and junk mail.
Square 1: Caravans, Square 2: City Gent, Square 3: Silverstone, Square 4: Firefighter, Square 5: Virile John Wayne, Square 6: Astronaut, Square 7: Baldness, Square 8: Fry-Up, Square 9: A Pint, Square 10: Cricket, Square 11: Building Stuff, Square 12: Manly Watches, Square 13: DIY, Square 14: Boats, Square 15: The Tie, Square 16: Pretty Frocks.
Hand-stitched from discarded papers, found around London.
The squares are pairs of people, or in some cases, trios.
Credits in the links below:
*1. Celia Johnson 2. Piccadilly Circus 3. Virginia Woolf 4. Trevor Howard
5. Audrey Hepburn and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 6.Roger Fenton 7. La Dolce Vita
8. Polly and Dolly 9. Mick and Ronnie 10. Common Blue 11. Paddington Station, 1937
12. The Blitz 13. Tove Jansson 14. Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and Blanche 15. Le Corsaire
16. James Stewart and Kim Novak
Some London faces, stitched from discarded materials.
Some of the squares have been cut from old library books. Retired, after years of loyal service, and in rather a sorry state. I never cut up books which could otherwise be read.
16.2.16: I said goodbye to my patchwork yesterday morning. It has just arrived at its new home in Newcastle. It will hang in the hallway, overseeing the comings and goings of two beautiful little girls, getting taller and taller and taller, as they come home and go out, and come home and go out, and come home and go out.
Credits for each square:
Alison Sye 