Embroiderer

I am becoming increasingly interested in contemporary embroidery - so different to he exacting style of bygone years.  I find this piece refreshing and accessible.  I particularly like the contrast between the beautiful drawings and the naivity of the patched background, fraying edges and the unabashed stiching.

Kristine's website says

Kristine Fornes is a classic treasure collector; she finds old textiles and reuses them as artistic material. She uses old and torn rags and darned textiles, inherited and found at flea markets. These old tex- tiles are tied to the craft’s carefulness, emotion, and lost slowness.

An old silk fabric becomes a canvas for printed pictures, drawings, and hand embroidery, and its maturity gives her work a patina of drawings. By Line Ulekleiv.www.kristinefornes.no